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Chile World Cup soccer fans: La Roja 'something to be proud of'
In Chile soccer has some of the oldest rots in South America
Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost, Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver's empanada king Mauricio Vivanco says there are three things one will quickly understand about Chile upon arriving in the coastal country.
"Chile is proud of its food, is proud of its wine and is proud of its soccer."
The 31-year-old owner of the Empanada Hut at Lansdowne Centre in Richmond, who was born in Alberta but raised in Santiago from age six to 13, said Chile's participation in the 2010 World Cup following a 12-year absence will go a long way to rebuilding the earthquake-ravaged country.
"This is a chance for them to have something to be proud of. With this devastation soccer will lift the spirits and morale of all the Chilean people," said Vivanco referring to February's mammoth earthquake that rocked the most populated region of Chile.
"When I moved to Chile I was immediately immersed in soccer at school. A typical evening for a kid is to have something to eat and then go outside and play soccer with his friends," said Vivanco, who will set up a television in the Empanada Hut for World Cup matches.
The former mechanic said families in Chile would gather around televisions for championship games and prepare meals complete with the obvious assortment of hand-wrapped empanadas, a national dish in Chile.
His best memory was the 1991 Copa Libertadores won by Colo-Colo, Chile's most renowned soccer club. It remains the only time a Chilean club has won South America's equivalent to Europe's Champions League. Vivanco still recalls Colo-Colo's large supporter group called the Garra Blanca cheering and singing in the stands with drums and flares.
The country of 17 million has deep soccer roots. In 1916 Chile was one of four founding members of the South American championship now known as the Copa America, although it has yet to win a title.
La Roja also has the distinction of being one of few teams to be banned from the World Cup when in 1989 Chilean goaltender Roberto Rojas faked an injury in a do-or-die World Cup qualification match against Brazil.
While Brazil won the match and eliminated Chile from the 1990 World Cup Rojas was caught on video cutting himself with a razor and FIFA subsequently banned Chile from the 1994 World Cup.
"The game was very emotional for us. And then it later came out that he had cut himself -- that it was a set up," Vivanco said.
South Africa will be the country's eighth World Cup appearance and first since France 1998 when it made the Round of 16. That was Chile's best finish other than when it came third in 1962, the year it hosted the tournament. Leonel Sanchez's fisticuffs and Golden Boot performance are forever engraved in Chilean history.
Chile's 1998 World Cup run was best remembered for the exciting play of soccer legends Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano, who remain the top two all-time goal scorers, respectively.
Fast-forward a dozen years later and Chileans once again have a good reason to be excited about their high-octane offence led by Humberto Suazo, a striker for Zaragoza in Spain's La Liga, who led all South American scorers in the CONMEBOL 2010 World Cup qualification tournament.
Chile impressed the soccer gods by finishing second in the tournament with a 10-5-3 record and 33 points, only one back of powerhouse Brazil. Its open style saw it relinquish more goals than any of the other four South American teams to make the World Cup, however it also scored the second most goals, one behind Brazil's 33.
At South Africa Chile will play Switzerland, Honduras, and second-seed Spain in Group H.
"I think we have a good chance of making it to the second round. Spain is the one we are worried about," Vivanco said.
gwood@vancouversun.com
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Country: CHILE
Nickname: LA ROJA
World Cup appearances: 8
FIFA ranking: 18
Players: 2,608,000
Captain: CLAUDIO BRAVO
Chile World Cup soccer fans: La Roja 'something to be proud of'
In Chile soccer has some of the oldest rots in South America
Photograph by: Wayne Leidenfrost, Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver's empanada king Mauricio Vivanco says there are three things one will quickly understand about Chile upon arriving in the coastal country.
"Chile is proud of its food, is proud of its wine and is proud of its soccer."
The 31-year-old owner of the Empanada Hut at Lansdowne Centre in Richmond, who was born in Alberta but raised in Santiago from age six to 13, said Chile's participation in the 2010 World Cup following a 12-year absence will go a long way to rebuilding the earthquake-ravaged country.
"This is a chance for them to have something to be proud of. With this devastation soccer will lift the spirits and morale of all the Chilean people," said Vivanco referring to February's mammoth earthquake that rocked the most populated region of Chile.
"When I moved to Chile I was immediately immersed in soccer at school. A typical evening for a kid is to have something to eat and then go outside and play soccer with his friends," said Vivanco, who will set up a television in the Empanada Hut for World Cup matches.
The former mechanic said families in Chile would gather around televisions for championship games and prepare meals complete with the obvious assortment of hand-wrapped empanadas, a national dish in Chile.
His best memory was the 1991 Copa Libertadores won by Colo-Colo, Chile's most renowned soccer club. It remains the only time a Chilean club has won South America's equivalent to Europe's Champions League. Vivanco still recalls Colo-Colo's large supporter group called the Garra Blanca cheering and singing in the stands with drums and flares.
The country of 17 million has deep soccer roots. In 1916 Chile was one of four founding members of the South American championship now known as the Copa America, although it has yet to win a title.
La Roja also has the distinction of being one of few teams to be banned from the World Cup when in 1989 Chilean goaltender Roberto Rojas faked an injury in a do-or-die World Cup qualification match against Brazil.
While Brazil won the match and eliminated Chile from the 1990 World Cup Rojas was caught on video cutting himself with a razor and FIFA subsequently banned Chile from the 1994 World Cup.
"The game was very emotional for us. And then it later came out that he had cut himself -- that it was a set up," Vivanco said.
South Africa will be the country's eighth World Cup appearance and first since France 1998 when it made the Round of 16. That was Chile's best finish other than when it came third in 1962, the year it hosted the tournament. Leonel Sanchez's fisticuffs and Golden Boot performance are forever engraved in Chilean history.
Chile's 1998 World Cup run was best remembered for the exciting play of soccer legends Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano, who remain the top two all-time goal scorers, respectively.
Fast-forward a dozen years later and Chileans once again have a good reason to be excited about their high-octane offence led by Humberto Suazo, a striker for Zaragoza in Spain's La Liga, who led all South American scorers in the CONMEBOL 2010 World Cup qualification tournament.
Chile impressed the soccer gods by finishing second in the tournament with a 10-5-3 record and 33 points, only one back of powerhouse Brazil. Its open style saw it relinquish more goals than any of the other four South American teams to make the World Cup, however it also scored the second most goals, one behind Brazil's 33.
At South Africa Chile will play Switzerland, Honduras, and second-seed Spain in Group H.
"I think we have a good chance of making it to the second round. Spain is the one we are worried about," Vivanco said.
gwood@vancouversun.com
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Country: CHILE
Nickname: LA ROJA
World Cup appearances: 8
FIFA ranking: 18
Players: 2,608,000
Captain: CLAUDIO BRAVO
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