Mauricio Dupont, one of today’s top Honduran athletes, joked on Twitter and asked for a “chance” to join the Honduran national team while playing soccer on a rainy day in Washington, D.C. where he’s meeting his team.
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The baseball player was unable to play his MLB game against the Nationals this Thursday due to bad weather in the US capital, but before the game was permanently suspended, Dupont and teammate Chadwick Trump decided to take advantage of it to train with football and echoed the Giants’ official account on Twitter.
“As the saying goes: bad weather, beautiful face,” the team wrote, but that bad weather was filled with football.
Taking advantage of The Giants’ posting, Mauricio Dupont quoted the tweet and sent a humorous question to the Honduran Football Association, “Fenafuth, is there a chance?” , consulted and immediately there was a response with the words of coach Fabian Cueto, “You will be welcome.”
Which is that Atlanta press officer Edwin Banegas when he saw baseball player Sampdrano’s query, showed the post on DT Uruguay’s DT and replied in the affirmative with a smile.
Honduras prepares for Saturday’s friendly match (5:30 pm) against Mexico Prior to its participation in the 2021 Gold Cup, San Francisco will play on Saturday with a double card, the first to be played at 12:05 p.m., and the other at 5:15 p.m. Honduran time.