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Discussion in 'El Salvador' started by La Trucha, Apr 11, 2016.

  1. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  2. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  3. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    I’ve been seeing Breel Embolo, a Cameroonian-born Swiss player, popping up lately over the fact that he scored against Cameroon.

    It just reminded me of the fact that Hugo Perez and Joe Corona both scored against ES, and Alex Roldan scored against Guatemala.

    Embolo didn’t celebrate his goal….. unlike Corona lol

     
  4. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
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    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    IMO only Hugo Pérez counts.

    Roldán and Corona are born in the US and that's their nationality.

    By descent both are only half Guatemalan and Salvadoran respectively.

    Maybe in the future Alex Roldán will score against the USMNT.
     
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  5. Grimmjow316

    Grimmjow316 Member+

    Jun 20, 2012
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    El Salvador
    He was close in that first match date I god man how great that would have been.
     
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  6. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Throughout the World Cup, I kept coming across tweets, articles and tiktok videos etc criticising Argentina’s lack of black players, which reminded me of an often-discussed topic regarding El Salvador and the national team.
     
  7. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
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    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    Argentina doesn't have a significant native black population, that's ridiculous. Most blacks in Argentina are recent immigrants from Africa, mostly Senegalese.

    Does El Salvador have a black population?
     
  8. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Genocide is the reason for Argentina’s lack of a black population.

    El Salvador doesn’t have a black population, which is due to the policies implemented by WWII-era fascist dictator Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez banning blacks and Arabs in El Salvador.
     
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  9. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
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    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    Wow I never knew that part of El Salvador's history. That's crazy.
     
  10. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
    Staff Member

    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    That genocide theory is 100% BS. It has never been proven.

    The black population gradually decreased over the generations due to its mixture with whites and indigenous people. This happened in Mexico too.
     

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