Soccer as a source of Latin American identity

As many of you know soccer is the most popular sport throughout Latin America. It creates true passion and joins enitre countries together no matter what is going on just to cheer for their country. When possible everyone goes to the stadium and if not to local bars or friends houses to watch the game. For a moment everyone forgets about all the problems surrounding them or the country and just share the joy or stress from their team. You should check this out with the World Cup coming up!