ESPN Film Looks At the Fateful Goal of Andrés Escobar in the 1994 FIFA World Cup Match

As the 2010 FIFA World Cup teams move on to the next round, an ESPN film that debuted Tuesday night reminded us about one of soccer’s most tragic stories.

It was during a 1994 FIFA World Cup match that Andrés Escobar, a player for the Colombian squad, scored a goal against his own team.

His goal, not only gave the US the win, but eliminated Colombia from the competition.

Several weeks later, Escobar was found shot dead; a murder widely believed to have been carried out by drug lords who lost money on the match due to his mistake.

ESPN's "30 for 30: The Two Escobars," shot by filmmakers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist, takes a look at the situation in Colombia at the time of the murder and the surrounding chaos that ruled the streets after the death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

FROM ESPN.com:

While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country’s murder rate climbed to highest in the world, the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory, as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity to become one of the best teams in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés, the captain and poster child of the National Team, and Pablo, the infamous drug baron who pioneered the phenomenon known in the underworld as “Narco-soccer.” But just when Colombia was expected to win the 1994 World Cup and transform its international image, the shocking murder of Andres Escobar dashed the hopes of a nation.

Through the glory and the tragedy, The Two Escobars daringly investigates the secret marriage of crime and sport, and uncovers the surprising connections between the murders of Andres and Pablo.

MORE on the ESPN Film 'The Two Escobars':
http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-two-escobars.html