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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 25 - In this Monday, March 3, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala holds a soccer ball as he poses for a portrait before practice at his neighborhood's pitch in Progreso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor allows himself to imagine going all the way to the World Cup one day, just like one of his heroes, Emilio Izaguirre, who will play in Brazil this summer on the Honduran national team. “I want to be a soccer player,” Maynor says. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Soccer helps some young Hondurans to avoid gangs

By ALBERTO ARCE - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 25 - In this Monday, March 3, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala holds a soccer ball as he poses for a portrait before practice at his neighborhood's pitch in Progreso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor allows himself to imagine going all the way to the World Cup one day, just like one of his heroes, Emilio Izaguirre, who will play in Brazil this summer on the Honduran national team. “I want to be a soccer player,” Maynor says. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Soccer helps some young Hondurans escape the gangs

By ALBERTO ARCE - Associated Press