Seleccion Honduras

Honduras always proves to be full of surprises. Last night the Honduran Soccer team played El Salvador. In order for the Honduran team to make it to the World Cup in South Africa they would have to beat El Salvador and the United States would have to beat or tie Costa Rica. Honduras has not made it to the World Cup for almost 30 years. The games were played at the exact same time so during the first half of both games Honduras didn't score and the United States was down by a score of 2-0. The Honduran announcers were saying it was all over. Then about 10 minutes in to the second half the Honduras team scored a goal on a beautiful head ball. Then at about the same time the United States put in a goal making it 2-1. The Honduran game finished by a final score of 1-0 but the Honduran team wasn't real happy because the States was still losing and there was only like a minute left. Then out of the night here in La Union shots started ringing out all around La Union. People started screaming so we changed the channel and the U.S just put in the tying goal. About a minute later the game ended in a tie. The Costa Rican team was on the ground crying and Honduras erupted in cheers. Due to the tie Honduras qualified and Costa Rica no longer is qualified for the World Cup. The president came on the news and announced that the following day will be a National Holiday. So we went out and people had set up sound systems around La Union and we danced and cheered. Our kids from school were out with us till almost midnight. So today we have no school and all we hear about is the Honduran Soccer team. You wouldn't even know about the political problems if you asked anyone it is all about soccer right now. When asked what the most major news of the year was they said nothing about the crazy politics of this year but only of the soccer team. Sports have a crazy way of bringing people together. Once again life here in this quite little Honduran town never proves to be dull.