MEXICO: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Eight players in Mexico's Copa America squad suspended for six months for indiscipline

Record ID: 252457

  • Title: MEXICO: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Eight players in Mexico's Copa America squad suspended for six months for indiscipline
  • Date: 29th June 2011
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JUNE 28, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF MEXICAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) GENERAL VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE WITH DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL TEAMS FOR FEMEXFUT, HECTOR GONZALEZ (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL TEAMS FOR FEMEXFUT, HECTOR GONZALEZ, READING NAMES OF PLAYERS WHO ARE TO BE SUSPENDED, SAYING: "Israel Jimenez, Nestor V
  • Embargoed: 14th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Mexico, Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAB8QI6TB0808BSXX5VW5VALHH
  • Story Text: Eight players in Mexico's Copa America squad have been suspended for six months for indiscipline, the Mexican Football Federation (Femexfut) said on Tuesday (June 28).
    The players were caught breaching disciplinary rules at a Quito hotel as the squad stopped on its way to the Copa America in Argentina which starts on Friday.
    The players involved are forwards Marco Fabian de la Mora, Javier Cortes and Nestor Calderon, midfielders Jonathan Dos Santos, Jorge Hernandez and David Cabrera and defenders Nestor Vidrio and Israel Jimenez.
    "The players will be suspended for the next six months from any national team call-ups," Hector Gonzalez, Director of National teams for Femexfut, told a news conference in Mexico City.
    Those suspended, who are part of the Mexico under-23 squad plus five over-age players due to take part in the July 1-24 Copa America as a guest team, were in Ecuador for a warm-up friendly.
    "The players confessed, they regret it, offer their apologies to the fans, coaching staff and directors and assume the consequences of their acts," Gonzalez said.
    The players have also been fined 50,000 Mexican pesos ($4,205) each.
    It is the second scandal to hit Mexico in less than a month after five squad members at the CONCACAF Gold Cup which they won at the weekend were suspended after testing positive for a banned substance
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