His clan was already known as Honduras's most successful soccer dynasty but last week they became the first to have a trio of siblings in a World Cup squad when coach Reinaldo Rueda called up a third member of the family.
Jerry Palacios has joined younger brothers Wilson and Jhony in South Africa, where the Central American underdogs are competing at the finals for the first time since 1982 after scraping through the qualifiers. "It's an extraordinary thing for this family," Eulogio, 63, said. "Now they have to do something extraordinary for the country," added Eulogio, a former player who still trains local youngsters.
"Me and my brothers played professional football and the one who didn't play was a professional referee," he said. "In our family, it's something natural."
Jerry's last-minute inclusion in the 23-man squad because of an injury to Julio Cesar de Leon is especially poignant for the family because it comes a little over a year after the body of kidnapped younger brother Edwin was discovered.