No manches = you've got to be kidding me
In Mexican spanish.
Ok, I'm probably the only one who really cares much about soccer, but I HAVE to write about this! Yesterday was the dreaded day in soccer that I knew would come to pass at some point in time... The Gold Cup soccer tournament (North and Central America and the Carribean) is happening now, and Mexico and Honduras played each other. Now, I've been "Honduran at heart" for years before moving to Mexico, but I LIVE in Mexico, so this was hard for me. However, if you ask who my favorite soccer players are, you'll definitely hear "Rafa Marquez, Oswaldo Sanchez, Omar Bravo, El Bofo, Ramon Morales" and a few others, all of whom are from Mexico. (Although if you wanted a really thorough list of my favorites, Tyson Nuñez and Wilson Palacios would appear in that list, and they are Hondurans).
So, Honduras doesn't have a world-renown soccer team. In fact, they've never been to a World Cup. It was kind of obvious that Mexico would win this game, but I still love my catrachos (Hondurans) and really wanted them to win. I didn't get to watch the game, and when I got to my house, I checked ESPN.com to see by how many points Mexico won. Front page of ESPN in spanish showed Hugo Sanchez (the Mexican coach) with an angry look on his face, and a game score of 1-2. I was in shock, it COULDN'T have been 1-2 and Honduras won... But it WAS!!!!! And, best of all, my LEAST favorite soccer player, Cuautemoc Blanco (I dont like him because he plays on my least favorite mexican team, and always bad-mouths the Chivas, and is a big show-off) was kicked out of the game!! Anyhow, I know Mexico will be in the next World Cup, which is a way bigger deal than the Gold Cup, and will hopefully do well, and Honduras never makes it far in soccer, so I'd just like to say that I'm proud of the Catracho soccer team, and proud to still be catracha at heart! I'll probably be living in Mexico the rest of my life, so I have plenty of time to root for them. Felicidades Catrachitos!!
1 comment:
Jessica -
Good to see your love of Soccer. I watched the Copa de Oro final (have relatives who were @ Soldier field) and was torn a bit, but really did want Mexico to win (as did Lina, of course).
Anyway, need to tell you that Honduras _has_ made it to the World Cup before. In 1982 in Spain. They were in Spain's group and managed to tie twice (1-1). Here's more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup
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