Edrick Menjívar did his job. He got down to his right, got a hand to the penalty, and kept Martinique from extending their lead. It just was not enough to change the result.
Honduras went down 2-1 to Martinique in CONCACAF Nations League play, and the goalkeeper was the one bright spot on an otherwise difficult afternoon for the visitors. Menjívar finished with three saves, including the stopped penalty, and picked up a match rating of 6.3 for his night's work.
A Lonely Kind of Night
Saving a penalty usually buys a team momentum. It did not translate into points here. Martinique still found a way to score twice and hold on, leaving Menjívar's contribution as a footnote in a defeat rather than the headline moment it might otherwise have been.
Three saves across 90 minutes is a solid workload for any goalkeeper, and the penalty stop stands out as the clearest individual moment of the match. For Honduras, the challenge now is converting that kind of individual resistance into results on the scoreboard.