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Central America grapples with footballing decline

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Yahoo Sports FIRST 3h ago Central America grapples with footballing decline
On a patch of overgrown, yellowing grass in a crowded San Salvador neighborhood, 12-year-old Bryan Oliva dreams of becoming a professional footballer."You can earn a lot of money (as a soccer player), but I don't feel like it's possible for me," Oliva told AFP in Zacamil, a densely populated neighborhood of apartment blocks in the Salvadoran capital.