Fair enough on your judgement of Tavano's ability, don't think he's good enough for the All Whites but worth a shot. Though, he's playing in a CONCACAF Champions League team in a nation with a similar strength to the AWs for a team that's won 11 of the last 15 titles
You sure on that? There's no Nicaraguan teams in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
As for the strength of the Nicaragua national football team, here are their last 3 results from November 2019:
Nicaragua 0 Cuba 1
St Vincent and Grenadines 2 Nicaragua 1
Nicaragua 1 Suriname 2
In the last 12 months they've also lost to Bermuda, and got humped 6-0 by Suriname. But they did beat Barbados 1-0 in an absolute nailbiter, and managed to get past Dominica both home and away, so there is a bright spot or two I guess.