Lets Talk Sports - seriously!

When I started this I originally wanted to compare the National Soccer (from now on referred to as 'Soccer') Team of Nigeria and Ecuador's National Football Team. For all you football fans, you are probably thinking...no comparison! Nigeria has made 3 appearances in the World Cup, 15 appearances in the African Nations Cup (won twice) and even won the Football Summer Olympics once. Ecuador on the other hand has had 2 appearances in the World Cup and 23 appearances in the Copa America Cup, but at best has gotten fourth place.

But I dont think we should judge all of Latin American from Ecuador. Ecuador is actually surrounded by powerhouse who take football very seriously. Sometimes it feels like Brazil wins every Soccer competition (maybe its because they are ranked top 5 according to FIFA almost every year). Historically Argentina is also takes football seriously; Oh, speaking of seriously--I found this interesting. Apparently once upon a time, when El Salvador and Honduras played each other, a women shot herself over the loss of her country (Honduras) to El Salvador. The game ended 1-0 and the Salvadoreans had apparently kept the Hondureñas players up all night by throwing rocks through the window. Long story short, they ended up rematching with the Honduras National team being escorted into the stadium with military tanks and winning 3-0. Oh, and the matyr that killed herself over previous game was given a state funeral...thats real serious....