Usually the wonderful thing about international soccer is that for better or worse politics has very little to do with what actually happens on the field. Like Cote d’Ivoire in 2006, countries with literally nothing to speak of at home can look like world-beaters on the pitch. That brief break from the political strife that engulfs much of the world is one of soccer’s best qualities.
Strife in Honduras Could Affect U.S. Qualifier
↵And then there are days like today, when it appears that the U.S.-Honduras qualifier will have to be rescheduled due to political strife in Honduras. What’s going on?
↵↵Honduras’s ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, has furtively returned to Tegucigalpa, the capital, and entered the Brazilian Embassy there. The crisis has led to the closing of all Honduran airports, a curfew and roadblocks. The only way into the country at this point is by land through El Salvador.
↵↵That would certainly seem to present a problem for the whole playing of soccer thing that’s supposed to happen on Oct. 10. Which is a shame, but hey, maybe they’ll play in the U.S.! Our only political strife takes place on cable television! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
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