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Encara Honduras, encara Honduras…pero espera? Espera! Encara…GUERRA!?!

It’s June 1969. The scene is beautiful Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and the two-leg qualifier for the 1970 FIFA World Cup has officially begun between Honduras and El Salvador. The battle, though, goes beyond the soccer field. Recent land reforms had inadvertently caused extreme immigration issues between both countries. Animosity grew with each grievance citizens had with their ineffective governments. Ineffective, due to years of corruption and meddling by the powerhouse nation only a few hundred miles from their borders. Central America was a powder keg about to explode, and this soccer match provided plenty of ammunition for a decisive explosion. All it took was the first blow of the whistle to authorize a week of fighting, vandalism, and ultimately, the death of thousands of Central Americans. In Tegucigalpa, the slogan was “Honduran, don’t sit still, grab a stick and a Salvadoran kill.” In San Salvador: “Teach those barbarians a lesson.”

Delegates in this committee will form part of the Emergency Intergovernmental FIFA Board to prevent the catastrophe forming before their very eyes. Delegates across a multitude of backgrounds will navigate a deteriorating region while brokering deals and forming solutions that will hopefully keep the game in play and save countless lives across Central America. Will you save the region from sudden death, or let it succumb to the worst red card it’s ever seen?