 The club battled hard and by the early 1970s they had reached both the third and then the second division.The civil war that occurred in El Salvador during the 1980s affected Juventud Independiente, as players fled the country and the sheer danger of watching the games kept fans away.In 1989 just before a promotion play-off against San Rafael Cedros, a major offensive was launched and many players fled the country causing Juventud Independiente to lose the match.