{"id":1816,"date":"2026-06-30T17:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:44:07","slug":"you-just-feel-proud-ecuadorians-in-philadelphia-find-respite-during-world-cup-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You just feel proud\u2019: Ecuadorians in Philadelphia find respite during World Cup celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For Ecuadorians in Philadelphia, seeing their country in the World Cup is not just a chance to watch good soccer but also a way to embrace their culture and community in the face of heightened scrutiny under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1814\">The Flyers believe they have a \u2018unicorn\u2019 in Maksim Sokolovskii: \u2018He\u2019s 6-foot-8, and he skates like he\u2019s 5-foot-8\u2032<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As Ecuador went head-to-head with Germany last week, some Ecuadorian Philadelphians gathered in bars across the city, donning yellow and cheering on their team.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been nice to be able to see how all the community has come together,\u201d Yvonne Cedeno said at a watch party at Tradesman\u2019s in Center City. \u201cWhether you\u2019re Mexican, Colombian, Ecuadorian, just seeing people in our community getting together, especially within this political environment, is just so great. It makes me happy to be Ecuadorian.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Though Philadelphia is a sanctuary city with some of the nation\u2019s toughest restrictions on ICE, immigration arrests have still surged in the city and state. In January 2026 alone 802 arrests were made in Pennsylvania, more than tripling the amount just a year prior. Raids have often targeted predominantly Latino communities in both the city and suburbs. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive Director of HIAS Pennsylvania, said these raids have created intense anxiety in the community, with some clients telling staff they have opted to stay home during World Cup celebrations, fearing running into ICE agents at games or events.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re absolutely only watching from home because it\u2019s too scary otherwise,\u201d Miller-Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a problem, really since 2025, but especially now, where there\u2019s this confluence of joyful celebration, but also of the threat of increased ICE presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Still, many Latinos, who make up 16% of the city\u2019s residents, have embraced the chance to celebrate their community during the World Cup, which has featured nine Latin American countries. Tuesday evening, Ecuador will face Mexico in a knockout match after last week\u2019s 2-1 win over Germany secured the nation\u2019s spot in the elimination round. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Cedeno, 37, said the World Cup has always given her family a way to express their love for their culture by making traditional Ecuadorian dishes and coming together to cheer for their country.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLast game we woke up at 6 a.m. just to make a traditional Ecuadorian dish called encebollado, which takes hours to make,\u201d Cedeno said, referring to the traditional stew often made with tuna and yuca. \u201cAnd we all got together and we watched the game and rooted for Ecuador, so it definitely brings the World Cup definitely brings our family closer\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ahead of Ecuador\u2019s math against C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire at Lincoln Financial Field on June 14, a sea of yellow jerseys flooded around the Rocky statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1812\">Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie to be honored at ESPYs with Stuart Scott Award for commitment to autism awareness<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Rowan Teran, 24, said the scene filled him with pride \u2014 even if the team fell short that game. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI grew up Latino in a very Jewish-dominated community. I kind of wasn\u2019t proud of who I was,\u201d said Teran, who grew upLower Merionafter his father immigrated from Ecuador.\u201cAnd then growing up, I became much more proud. And then one day you see thousands of Ecuadorians wearing your jersey, singing the national anthem that you wanted to sing when you were younger, and you just feel proud to be who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Teran, who also attended the watch party at Tradesman\u2019s, highlighted that the joy surrounding the World Cup feels like an act of resistance against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201dSee what we are,\u201c Teran said. \u201dYou don\u2019t want any of us here, and now there are hundreds of thousands of us here, and the city\u2019s even better.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Christina Barradas, 44, is Mexicanbut came out to Tradesman\u2019s to cheer on Ecuador alongside her Ecuadorian husband. She said while the World Cup has been great for the community, it\u2019s a temporary respite from the struggles they\u2019re facing.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to put on your jersey, to put on the colors, but we still don\u2019t feel 100 percent free and safe,\u201d Barradas said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On South Street,Nina Cueva-Castillo, 41, sat with the only other two yellow jerseys among a sea of Germany fans at Brauhaus Schmitz.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Cueva-Castillo said the games give Philly\u2019s Ecuadorian community visibility it usually does not have. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love how people now know us,\u201d Cueva-Castillo said. \u201cThey know our jersey, they know our colors, they know our flag. It\u2019s a breath of fresh air to be ourselves, to be accepted, to be welcome, and for people to be like, \u2018You know what, they are just like us\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1810\">Philly\u2019s Bud Wilson set a record with his five-day run across Pennsylvania. A run across the entire country might be next.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecuadorians in Philadelphia reflect on the joy and togetherness the World Cup has brought to their community, despite still feeling pressure from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philadelphia","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018You just feel proud\u2019: Ecuadorians in Philadelphia find respite during World Cup celebrations - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1816\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018You just feel proud\u2019: Ecuadorians in Philadelphia find respite during World Cup celebrations - 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