favorite sport was, he asked half-jokingly, “¿Hay otros deportes?
there other sports?). He told me that “el fútbol no es simplemente un deporte; es una religión” (fútbol is not just a sport; it’s a religion). Last week during the 2:15 block around 20 Parker students and I began an intramural fútbol league of teams representing Spanish-speaking countries. Here’s what it looks like so far. Legua Centroamericana y Caribe (A-team advisories select one of these Central American or Caribbean teams): Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guatemala, México, Panamá, República Dominicana. Legua Suramericana y Europea (B-team advisories select one of these South American or European teams): Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, España, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela. Groups of 6-10 students will field a team representing the country of their choice. If teams are small or when weather prohibits outdoor play, we could play “fublito,” a popular derivative of soccer played indoors with smaller teams. Each team plays a number o
