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Wed 20 Oct, 2004 06:36 am
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A soccer team made up of Guatemalan prostitutes, formed to call attention to their poor working conditions, lost 3-1 to policewomen on Saturday.
The women get paid as little as $2.50 for sex and complain of frequent police harassment, despite their profession being legal and widespread in Guatemala.
"We get much more attention from the public now our faces are known; people come up and congratulate us and tell us to keep up the good work," said Valeria, 27, who scored the prostitutes' goal on Saturday.
"It's good to feel the power of being united; when we work, we are more isolated in our rooms," said defender Beatriz, 37.
The prostitutes, the Stars of the Tracks, were kicked out of an elite amateur league last month because of allegations that their fans used profanity.
Region Philbis wrote:any photos?
Valeria and her team recently played in El Salvador
This seems to be a "recycled news": was first mentioned (outsite Guatemala) more than four weeks ago: on Sep 23, 2004 by Australian ABC Online and German Spiegel-online.
Ahh, it could be it just recently made it to our shores then Walter.
cavfancier wrote:Ahh, it could be it just recently made it to our shores then Walter.
Might well be - has been published in the 51th state on Sunday. (Photo is from that BBC-article.)
They really worked the pitch that day.
A lot of action inside the box...
She really came off that ball.
hum i saw a photo of the whole team somewhere hmm ill go a-looking...
Cops scored three times. Hookers must be three-input gals.
good thing the game didn't go into OT, or the price of beer would've gone up...
I hear there were no "free" kicks.
a leg up on the competition...
They were playing with old balls and thus they had to pump them repeatedly.
i never did find that picture of the team
it has gone from the place i saw it
news is out of date quick nowadays..
its the information superhighway, travelling at the speed of light...
she could handle the ball well
Sadly no.
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