Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen 1996, Fonseca ya zama na yau da kullun a cikin ƙungiyar ƙasa, yana wasa hudu na gasar cin kofin duniya a kaka. Ya zura kwallaye uku a kan Honduras a gasar cin kofin UNCAF na 1997, na farko daga cikin uku a cikin aikinsa na kasa da kasa. Ya samu kira zuwa ga tawagar domin Copa América
a Bolivia, amma ya bayyana ne kawai a wasan zagaye na farko da Mexico yayin da kungiyar ta rasa dukkan wasannin rukuni uku.