BREAKING NEWS: Suspended Mexican Players Re-tested Negative

[Bruce]

The five Mexican players who were suspended from the CONCACAF Gold Cup for failing a drug test had negative results on a second test. The announcers on the univision.com webcast were talking about the issue. The test was done at UCLA in Los Angeles.

[Mosiah]

Pesos strong!

[Gamma]

USD strongah!!!

[Tilla]

For Immediate Release
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GOLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES MEXICO TO REPLACE UP TO FIVE
PLAYERS

NEW YORK (Sunday, June 19, 2011) – The CONCACAF Gold Cup Organizing Committee today evaluated the petition from the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol to replace five players on its 23-man competition roster who had been separated from the National Team after
a recent out of competition doping test.

After evaluating the circumstances and information presented, the committee resolved:

1. Based on the specific facts of this case, and on FIFA's advice on the matter, the situation at hand is a case of force majeure as contemplated in the competition regulations.
2. Therefore the Mexican National Team shall be permitted to replace the five separated players with up to five other players for the remainder of the competition.

About CONCACAF
CONCACAF “The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football” is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and serves as the governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations, from Canada in the north to Guyana, Surinam and French Guyana in the south.