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 ...
... Ecuador, is an amusing imagining of a fan’s ordeal when his team signs a goalkeeper he’s mercilessly mocked for years; Team Spirit by Selma Almada is an intriguing tale of female fandom in the macho world ...
... l football.” The Welsh clubs, not so much.
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Badge of the week ~ Fuerza Amarilla SC, Ecuador The badge on the right is the new Fuerza Amarilla badge. The badge on the left is the previous one th ...
... of the Europa League. The only hope for Premier League clubs is to pay these players even higher wages in the hope that they improve. Fingers crossed.
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Badge of the week ~ Mushuc Runa SC, Ecuador ...
... ta Rican FA, Eduardo Li, is of Chinese descent, Joel Campbell is Afro-Caribbean. The team's Colombian coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, has been a migrant all his life: Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and finally Costa R ...
... s that the team scores," which they did against Ecuador, though they didn't manage to pick up a point in the tournament. Ecuador themselves will be disappointed not to make the second round after hoping ...
... g to an end.
Yet it was not the most surprising result for those who follow the team closely. Home draws against Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela in qualifying provided prior evidence of their struggl ...
... opening group match of 2002. Then, a second-half penalty from Cuauhtémoc Blanco gave Mexico the three points. They went on to win the group that also contained Italy and Ecuador, but lost 2-0 to the US ...
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 ...
... p winner against Ecuador last Sunday evening felt all the more dramatic. People sang and car horns blared long into the night, as Switzerland became temporarily unchained. The hangover soon set in, thoug ...
... tic qualifying spot.
In Group E, both Ecuador and Switzerland must fancy their chances of making the quarter-finals, alongside a France team who can only fail to progress if they consciously feed on ...
... Hull City last week. A spirited effort anyhow."
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Also in the news this week Alan Shearer and Robbie Savage do some competitive sitting. The best goal scored this week by a 16-year-old Ecuador ...
... . "Michael Owen will enjoy this one!" says BT's main presenter Jake Humphrey. Just him then.
--- Badge of the week ~ Manta FC, Ecuador We have seen before how some football clubs use popular animated charac ...
... to chip in £10 a week for balls and bibs. No TV coverage yet though.
--- Badge of the week ~ Manta FC, Ecuador Manta is a very lively place (we won’t use "fun" as an adjective; it would have been easi ...
... tournament, does not diminish the huge demands on players in the region. "They arrived dragging their feet," says Ramírez. "They roused themselves for two great performances, against Ecuador and Brazil ...
... badge) but ultimately, when the moment has passed and we have all calmed down, a little bit dull. Cameron Carter --- While playing for Chile against Ecuador in the South America Under-20 championship ...
... pressive record since leading Ecuador to the 2002 World Cup. Many, such as El Tiempo's Luis Noe Ochoa, were critical of the decision, primarily because it is seen as a regression to an outdated style o ...
... enforcer tell us that he will fight hard to save his reputation. --- Badge of the week ~ Club Deportivo Espoli, Ecuador Now this is an interesting one – forming the iconography for a professional football ...