Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

FENAFUTH President, Rafael Callejas, said the launch of the stamps is to celebrate the World Cup qualifying of the Seleccion.

Thursday five stamps were launched with images of the Seleccion team who qualified for the 2010 World Cup.

The stamps were presented at the Government House during a ceremony attended by President Roberto Micheletti, federal functionaries, and Seleccion members, Amado Guevara, Bonieck Garcia and Emilio Izaguirre, along with officials of the Honduran Postal Enterprise (Empresa Hondurena de Correos – Honducor).

The team and the official mascot are some of the printed images featured on the stamps. The cost ranges between 5 and 25 Lempiras, and will be offered for public sale, Honducor said.

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Florida’s Land Shark Stadium might as well have been Estadio Olimpico in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Wednesday night. The only things missing were the mountain backdrop and the aging track around the soccer field. Tens of thousands of Honduran fans were on hand to celebrate their World Cup-bound team in a friendly exhibition match against Peru.

Hours before the stadium gates opened, the sound of thumping drums and honking horns filled the air. Nearly 90 percent of the crowd were wearing the blue and white jerseys of the Honduran national team (the Seleccion). Many of the shirts had an extra line printed that read: “Soy Mundialista!” (I am in the World Cup).

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The friendly against Peru will be Honduras’ second since qualifying and follows Saturday’s 2-1 win over Latvia in Tegucigalpa. Honduras has its full roster, which includes Italian-based attackers David Suazo and Julio Cesar de Leon, and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Wilson Palacios.

A pro-Honduras crowd of 25,000 is expected for what may be the only chance for South Florida’s large Honduran population to see its team before South Africa. Matches against fellow qualifiers Argentina, Chile and South Korea are in the works. Other friendlies will be determined after Honduras learns its three World Cup opponents during the 32-team draw being held Dec. 4th in Cape Town.

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