Late Sunday, CONCACAF announced that the Gold Cup organizing committee will allow Mexico to call in five players to replace those suspended for testing positive for a banned substance. The following is the official press statement.
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:
- 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.
- 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.
