Two Cuban soccer players may have defected, says paper
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| Published on Friday, June 15, 2007 |
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HOUSTON, USA (Reuters): Two players from the Cuban national soccer team may have defected before a match against Honduras on Wednesday in Houston, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Houston Chronicle said in its Internet edition that forward Lester More went missing at the team's last stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and midfielder Osvaldo Alonso did not return from a shopping trip in Houston.
"These two players left. They did not come back," a Cuban team trainer who declined to give his name told the newspaper.
Cuban coach Raul Gonzalez, questioned after a game won 5-0 by Honduras, refused to confirm the players had defected but cryptically told reporters, "They went for the gold. I hope they don't end up with thorns."
Rumors that More had defected were circulating on Tuesday, but a spokesman for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, sponsor of the 2007 Gold Cup tournament in which Cuba is playing, refused comment when questioned by Reuters.
The Gold Cup tournament is for the championship of the North and Central American and Caribbean region.
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