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...final day of qualifiers, Honduras played against El Salvador and needed the United States to tie or defeat Costa Rica in order to advance to the World Cup. Honduras won its match 1-0, with 36-year-old Carlos Pav??n providing the lone goal, but the United States quickly fell behind in its game...
...Pav??n, the qualifying region’s top scorer, served as a fulcrum for the nation’s renewed sense of unity. Pav??n is of Garifuna descent, an ethnic mix of Carib, Arawak, and West African peoples that has been marginalized and discriminated against in Honduran society...
Pastor says Pav??n’s ascension as a nationally iconic figure has highlighted soccer’s unique ability to transcend societal barriers in Honduras. He says he believes Pav??n’s achievements show that “anyone from any social class, with minimal conditions and the right kind of effort, can achieve excellence in any field...
...Pav??n] lead the team to victory and [for the country] to identify him as Honduran has served the positive function of getting the rest of Honduras to recognize the valuable aspect that is our Garifuna community,” Pastor says...
...There are now new heroes in Honduras,” Villegas says. “In ’82 it was us, and now kids are looking to players like Pav??n, [Wilson] Palacios, and [Amado] Guevara as role models...