Word: soccering
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...nation of seven million conditioned to distress, soccer has often served as the only means to escape the severities of reality...
Jaime Villegas, captain of the 1982 Honduran soccer team that qualified for the World Cup, says he saw firsthand how his exploits on the field became a panacea for the country...
...kids at that time, especially those who liked football, looked on us as role models and continued their passion [in the sport],” said Villegas in a telephone interview conducted in Spanish with The Crimson. Villegas currently serves as the sporting director of a first division Honduran soccer club...
...Honduras, a minnow in international soccer, went undefeated in its home qualifying matches and eliminated Mexico—one of the dominant forces in the region—en route to securing its first-ever entry into the FIFA World Cup. On the sport’s grandest stage, Honduras tied Spain, the host of the tournament, helping to establish Honduras’ soccer credentials on an international level and sparking speculation that a new era of athletic success was in the offing...
With political chaos at home serving as a backdrop for Honduras’ final qualifying match, it seemed that the nation’s history of soccer misfortune would repeat itself yet again...