The World Wide Soccer Spirit at EIS

Some people may not know it, but in Honduras, people, see, smell, hear, and live soccer, especially at E.I.S.. It is like a religion. We support all soccer; form Honduran, to European soccer. One of the topics of the dialogues that students at E.I.S. have is about soccer. Some students root for teams such as Milan, Inter, Barcelona or Real Madrid. The UEFA Champions League is very controversial at school. It is a very exiting tournament in which only the elite of Europe participate. This tournament is so loved by students that some of them tend to skip classes in order to have the opportunity to watch at least some minutes of the match. They also tend to bring their favorite teach jerseys to school, and don’t care if they receive a retention for wearing them; this really shows their commitment to their teams and their love. The games don’t necessarily have to be the team that the students root for in order for them to watch the game, because all of them are enjoyable, and are very good matches.
European soccer is not the only thrill of the students, Honduran soccer itself is much appreciated. Colors such as blue, yellow, white, and green are seen at school to represent the four most popular soccer teams in Honduras, Motagua, Espana, Olimpia, and Marathon. You could probably say that we have hooligans at school, but not the violent ones. In one ocation, the league champion up was brought to the E.I.S. library, which was won by Marathon, and students were allowed to go and visit it, and take pictures of it. The love for Honduran soccer has grown so much at school that teachers and American staff members that began to love it, and got to the stadium and watch the games. Most of them root for Marathon, because it is the San Pedro team.
The love for soccer is at its peaking point when we refer to Honduran National games. In these sorts of days, the whole school is allowed to wear the beautiful colors of Honduras, white and blue. The spirit is felt through the whole school. Many are exited and anxious. As we said before that many students skip classes to watch games, the students in this case skip classes to leave to the STADIUM!!!!!!! If there was no victory, the next day, the students have absolutely no desire to talk about the soccer game. However, if there is victory, the whole day, the talk will be about the teams performance on the game.
Soccer will always be in the E.I.S. students heart, there is no way it will leave this place. If you ever desire to start a conversation with a student of this school, I strongly recommend it to be about soccer. We hope that we van share, the happy and sad moments between students for years to come. Soccer is all the EIS students unofficial class topic.
-Lee Rivera