Now my boys have played soccer. Harold has coached. I've hauled kids to practice and sat through umpteen games, but you've not seen excitement over a soccer game until you're in Latin America. When Honduras won their game against El Salvador, and then shortly after the US tied Costa Rica there were fireworks, car horns, screaming people....people celebrated all evening long in the streets downtown, cruising the streets cheering and displaying the flag. It's the first time in 27 years that Honduras has won a seat. That fact called for a national holiday declared by the president. We're so happy for them and glad the US could do something right, even if by default. Watch the video link and listen to the Honduran announcers-it's great!
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