20 June ~ Honduras' 3-0 defeat against France last week means they go into the match against Ecuador looking to score their first goal at a World Cup since 1982. Then, in a tight group they managed a 1-1 ...
The first objective for Honduras fans is that the team scores, which they didn't do at South Africa 2010. The general hope is that they can beat Ecuador and at least draw with Switzerland, which will giv ...
... Honduras does little to heighten the anticipation for the next World Cup. At South Africa 2010 they failed to score in all three group games, drawing with Switzerland after losing to Chile and Spain. Judging ...
... ~ On the morning after Australia’s 3-1 win over Honduras secured a fourth successive World Cup qualification, the front page of Brisbane’s Courier-Mail said simply “Yes! Australia” – referring both to ...
... Socceroos who would be heading for an intercontinental play-off against Honduras. Not that Australia could have had many complaints. Since qualifying started back in 2015, the road to Russia has become ...
... he ball, spun and shot. A masterpiece.
Who were the worst team in your opinion? It's between Honduras and Cameroon but I would choose for the latter, who were a huge letdown. It's not normal to have a ...
... es were completely torn apart in every game, which is a great thing. Honduras was probably the team which contributed the least; they played in a very uninspiring 4-4-2 system and committed tons of clu ...
... well". Meanwhile Switzerland were "keen to justify their ranking" according to Paul Knott, and they will get a chance to do that in the second round against Argentina. "The first objective for Honduras ...
... himself in the unusual position of having to manage expectations as France prepare for their opening game against Honduras on Sunday night. That is a sign of just how much things have changed. James ...
... sound like the voice of reason is quite an achievement. --- Badge of the week ~ CD Motagua, Honduras This is another case of a perfectly serviceable club crest being changed, not inexpensively, for ...
... watching two games, you’re actually watching neither. The run for Sixty-Four ended 15 days in. My mate was having a drink in town before leaving the country, so there is a huge Switzerland v Honduras-shaped ...
... ldesley off on another riff about Ayresome Park in 1966. June 16 Chile 1 Honduras 0 “Chile hot, Honduras not,” says Jon Champion. The Chileans should have racked up a much bigger score against opponents w ...
... sport harbours unproven healing powers, rather like all those alternative medicines unsubstantiated by a single shred of scientific evidence. Here’s Paul Fletcher of the BBC opining in late May that Honduras ...
... --- from Ron McCullough "With Honduras' only chance of qualifying a big win against Switzerland and a Spanish defeat by Chile, it would have been a nice Saving Private Ryan humanitarian gesture ...
... hooligans have been known to wreak havoc and even kill each other. One war, the infamous four-day Soccer War ("La Guerra del Futbol") between El Salvador and Honduras, broke out during a qualifying ...
Ian Plenderleith wonders why World Cup qualifcation is assumed to take precedence over politics in some countries Now that Honduras have qualified for the World Cup their people can expect to be the ...
On the 40th anniversary of the “football war” Jonathan Barker asks if a World Cup play-off really led to armed conflict On December 29, 1968, Honduras, widely regarded one as of the lesser lights of ...
... brighter light on the league’s personnel problems. MLS teams have recently suffered Champions League losses to competition from Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica and Panama. While they spend sparingly ...