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In this Friday, March 7, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala kicks the ball during soccer practice in his Progreso neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor 's coach tells them that futbol will keep them out of trouble, and they agree that is what they want. Yet Maynor says it is harder to stay out of the gangs than to join. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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In this Monday, March 3, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala holds a soccer ball as he poses for a portrait before practice at his neighborhood's pitch in Progreso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor allows himself to imagine going all the way to the World Cup one day, just like one of his heroes, Emilio Izaguirre, who will play in Brazil this summer on the Honduran national team. “I want to be a soccer player,” Maynor says. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 25 - In this Tuesday, March 4, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala leaves home for school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor lives on Progreso neighborhood's only paved street in a two-bedroom house with about a dozen relatives. He shares a bed with his mother and younger brother in a small room with a low ceiling where they also cook on a gas burner. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 25 - In this Friday, March 7, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala kicks the ball during soccer practice in his Progreso neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor 's coach tells them that futbol will keep them out of trouble, and they agree that is what they want. Yet Maynor says it is harder to stay out of the gangs than to join. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 25 - In this Monday, March 3, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Maynor Ayala holds a soccer ball as he poses for a portrait before practice at his neighborhood's pitch in Progreso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Maynor allows himself to imagine going all the way to the World Cup one day, just like one of his heroes, Emilio Izaguirre, who will play in Brazil this summer on the Honduran national team. “I want to be a soccer player,” Maynor says. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)