On 26 June 1969, the night before the play-off match in Mexico City, which El Salvador would win 3–2 after extra time, El Salvador dissolved all diplomatic ties with Honduras, stating that around 12,000 Salvadorans had been forced to flee Honduras in the days following the second match.
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Jun 26, 2019 · Honduras won the first leg 1-0 in their capital Tegucigalpa, only for El Salvador to triumph 3-0 at home in San Salvador. Reports of violence ...
The “Soccer War” was fought by Central American countries El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Here is a description of the event and its root causes by ...
The second game, on June 15 in the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador, was won 3–0 by El Salvador; even more violence followed. A play-off match took place in ...
El Salvador had never beaten Honduras in Honduran soil until 2022, when El Salvador gained their first ever win to Honduras away in the 2022 FIFA World Cup ...
El Salvador defeated Honduras, 3-2, in a soccer match climaxing a bitter feud and severing of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Sep 14, 2020 · El Salvador won that third match 3-2 during extra time, qualifying for the World Cup. 2.
In the game itself, El Salvador won 3-2 with a goal scored by Mauricio “Pipo” Rodríguez in the 11th minute of extra time. In the days following the game in ...
Jul 20, 2018 · The Salvadoran team won 3 – 2, qualifying for the World Cup. On the same day, El Salvador broke off diplomatic relations with Honduras.
Mar 12, 2023 · The Football War of 1969 was a hundred-hour war that resulted in the dissolution of the El Salvador–Honduras diplomatic ties and the deaths.