E.I.S. Gains fourth place

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (E.I.S.) got fourth place in the American Association of Schools on Central America (AASCA) soccer tournament in the men's category this past Saturday Feb. 26. They lost the match for third place against the Costa Rica team.

The E.I.S. went to a fight for the third place, and lost 3-1. "We lost because we were physically tired because we had the semi-finals match hours before it" said Louis Rivera, E.I.S. midfielder player.

The E.I.S. team lost the semi-finals against the American School of Tegucigalpa in penalties. "Lorenzo Machi and Cesar Arrechavala lost our chance of winning" said E.I.S. player Giancarlo Casco. Both players missed their penalties.

"Machi threw it directly to the goalkeeper and Arrechavala missed it because he kicked too strong and without direction" said E.I.S. defense player Elie Malouf

The team had not lost any game before this one. They won 2-1 against both teams representing Guatemala and tied 1-1 against Costa Rica

The American School of Tegucigalpa advanced to the finals and lost against El Salvador." We wanted to bring the maximum trophy to my school but we couldn't" said Edgar Mariadaga, player of the American School.