El Salvador 12, Anguilla 0
El Salvador's national football (soccer) team played its first World Cup qualifying match yesterday in San Salvador. The home team blew away the team from tiny Anguila 12-0. From FIFA.com:
The next match between the two teams is in Washington D.C. in March and the winner of the series advances to face Panama in June. All of this leads towards the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa.
View a photo gallery from the game.
In the night's one true hiding, former CONCACAF giants El Salvador took a step toward renewing their past glories with a 12-0 whipping of outgunned Anguilla. Rudi Coralles scored five goals to move to the top of the region's scoring charts while aging ace Ronald Cerritos grabbed a hat-trick in what should effectively put an end to Anguilla's dream of reaching the next stage.
The next match between the two teams is in Washington D.C. in March and the winner of the series advances to face Panama in June. All of this leads towards the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa.
View a photo gallery from the game.
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What comes next dear friends to our favorite Pulgracito pais? More open democratic space for political participation? The overturning of the new anti-terrorist law? Freedom for the Suchitoto political prisoners? An FMLN victory in 2009. Romero canonized as a saint? An end to gold mining? Or, the greatest thing of all, El Salvador in the finals of the Mundial in 2010.
"Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night"