SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (CMC) — Both St Lucia and their French Caribbean neighbours, Haiti, remained winless and without a point, after suffering heavy defeats on day six of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship on Friday.

While St Lucia went down 6-2 to Panama, Haiti were hammered 4-1 by Costa Rica, as both Caribbean Football Union nations remained rooted to the bottom of Group B.

In the other game of the triple header, Canada and Mexico battled to a 1-1 draw.

Playing at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, St Lucia were felled by Ronaldo Cordoba’s brilliant hat-trick and a brace from Oliver Beckles, with both feats coming in a torrid first half for the Caribbean side.

Albertini Phillip gave St Lucia a shock lead on 12 minutes when he knocked in a rebound after goalkeeper Javier Cruz had saved from Jhadel Prospere.

However, Cordoba netted in the 18th to equalise and added goals in the 19th and 34th minutes to put Panama up 3-1. Beckles joined the fray, scoring in the 36th and 40th minutes, as Panama sailed to a 5-1 lead at half-time.

Substitute George Picart came off the bench in the 62nd minute to also find the net 13 minutes later, and further add to St Lucia’s gloom.

Noah Nicholas managed to lift the spirits of the St Lucians, somewhat, when he smashed in a right-foot volley with eight minutes left in the game.

Haiti, meanwhile, were down 2-0 after just nine minutes thanks to a quick brace from Jostin Daly, but the French side managed to halve the deficit on 21 minutes when Kenley Dede converted a rebound after Denso Ulysse’s initial shot found the woodwork.

The score remained 2-1 at half-time in Costa Rica’s favour and the Central Americans added second-half goals through Andy Reyes in the 75th minute and Esteban González two minutes later to seal the victory.