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The Most popular sport in the world is soccer and Ecuador has a team better than most. The team's official name is Federation Ecuatoriana de Futbol (F.E.F.). Ecuador's soccer team has a history of being a bad team, but recently have been doing much better.(Ecuadorexplorer.com[2]) In fact, in 2002, they qualified for their first time into the World Cup and did so again in 2006! Unfortunatley they lost in 2002 after just the first round and in 2006 they were eliminated by England. There is no doubt in the minds of soccer fanatics that they will have the skill to return to the qualification round. Some famous players that have come out of Ecuador are Spencer, Delgado, Hurtado, Capurro, and Morales. (Wikipedia.com[3]) This is the current line up: (Wikipedia.com[1])
 * NAME || POSITION || CLUB TEAM ||
 * Marcelo Elizaga || Goal Keeper || Emelec ||
 * José Luis Perlaza || Defender || Olmedo ||
 * Giovanny Espinoza || Defender || Cruzeiro ||
 * Ivan Hurtado || Defender || Barcelona SC ||
 * Christian Lara || Mid-Fielder || Barcelona SC ||
 * Antonio Valencia || Mid-Fielder || Wigan Athletic ||
 * Segundo Castillo || Mid-Fielder || Red Star Belgrade ||
 * Carlos Tenorio || Forward || Al-Sadd ||
 * Felipe Caicedo || Forward || Manchester City ||
 * Cristian Benítez || Forward || Santos Laguna ||

Some of their new additions are Edwin Villafuerte, Ulises de la Cruz, and Edison Méndez. (mapsofworld.com[1]) A big part of soccer is the fans. Most stadiums can hold a maximum of 20,000 to 40,000 people but every game is usually over-filled. If you watch a soccer game and look into the crowd, you will see what is obviously a crowd over it's limit. The fans are too crazy for the security guards to handle so there is not much they can do. I have seen multiple videosof the stands actually collapsing from too much weight.