Wilson Palacios and Hendry Thomas will miss Honduras’ upcoming friendlies against New Zealand and Guatemala due to injuries. Palacios, with Tottenham Hotspur, and Thomas, playing for Wigan, dropped out of coach Juan De Dios Castillo’s squad on Saturday. Emilio Izaguirre with Scottish club Celtic is also out with an injury. Castillo said the injured trio […]
Reinaldo Rueda, who took the Honduran Selección to the World Cup in South Africa for 2010, will no longer be coach of the Honduran National team, he revealed at a press conference yesterday. Accompanied by his staff, he said goodbye, with tears for the country that was his home for the past three years. “It […]
Roger Espinoza enjoyed the best dinner he has had since returning home from the World Cup in South Africa. The menu included his mother’s Honduran cuisine — Espinoza’s favorite — and, even better, family time. “We haven’t seen him for six months, so we were happy to see him even if it was only for […]
Spain is heavily favored in today’s match up against Honduras, but Hondurans have not lost hope. We reflect upon a prior game that may have been one of Honduras’ greatest achievements in football – the 1982 World Cup match against Spain. Etched in our minds is the June 16, 1982 game where Honduras pulled off […]
Honduras has set a World Cup record after calling up Jerry Palacios to join his brothers Wilson and Johnny the day before they begin their World Cup campaign. Coach Reinaldo Rueda was forced to make the change to his squad after Torino midfielder Julio Cesar de Leon (“Rambo”) withdrew with a leg injury. Countries are […]