Chileans love love love soccer. They love to watch and play it. Chileans hope that their soccer team this year will make it to the World Cup. Within Chile, their are two popular Chilean teams: Colo-Colo and Universidad Catolica. Some Chileans also enjoy playing basketball and rugby. Chileans are generally not as tall as the All-Star basketball players from the states, so they have to juimp even higher to make slam dunks. Although tennis is a sport reserved for the more wealthy, Chile is proud to have Chilean Olympic gold medalist tennis players. A crowd favorite is Fernando Gonzalez (my namesake). A traditional Chilean sport is called the Rodeo. During the game, two men on horses try to hit a cow in different parts of its body. The game is much to violent for my taste!Most recently, people from the United States have introduced many Chileans to Ultimate Frisbee. Even I started playing down here. It`s a lot of fun.
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