Group A of the
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition started on Jun ...
was one of three groups competing at the tournament. The group's first round of matches were played on June 5, with the final round played on June 12. All six group matches were played at venues in the United States, in
Arlington,
Charlotte and
Chicago
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. The group consisted of five-time Gold Cup champions,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, as well as
Costa Rica
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,
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
and
Cuba
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.
Mexico vs El Salvador: failed drug testers versus match fixers
On June 5, 2011, Mexico defeated El Salvador, 5–0, in the first fixture for both teams.
Three days later, on the eve of Mexico's second fixture against Cuba, the
Mexican Football Federation
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removed five players from their squad due to substance abuse.
These players included starting goalkeeper,
Guillermo Ochoa
Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña (; born 13 July 1985), commonly known as "Memo Ochoa", is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club AVS Futebol ...
, starting center back
Francisco RodrÃguez and the following reserves:
Sinha
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,
Christian Bermúdez
Christian de Jesús Bermúdez Gutiérrez (born 26 April 1987), also known as El Hobbit, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atlante.
Club career
Bermúdez has had a previous stint with Atlante from 2006 to 2001 ...
and
Édgar Dueñas. The drug they tested positive for was
clenbuterol
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, which is used in animals to produce lean meat. The supposition for the players being injected with this substance was from eating chicken that had traceable amounts of clenbuterol in it.
Reports begin breaking on June 6 and were official on June 9. The "B" samples of those five involving players have been negative.
Two years later, on September 20, 2013, the
Salvadoran Football Federation
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banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with
match fixing
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while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (
Dennis Alas
Dennis Jonathan Alas Morales (born 10 January 1985 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran former footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.
He is the older brother of El Sa ...
,
Luis Anaya
Luis Alonso Anaya Merino (born May 19, 1981) is a Salvadoran former professional Association football, football player. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.
Club career
Anaya ...
,
captain
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Marvin González
Marvin René González Leiva (born April 17, 1982) is a Salvadoran former footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career
Born in El Refugio, González came through the reserves of FAS in 2001 to claim his place in the senior team and to st ...
,
Reynaldo Hernández
Reynaldo Antonio Hernández Villegas (born September 11, 1984, in Concepción Batres) is a Salvadoran former footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.
Club career
He ...
,
Miguel Montes,
Dagoberto Portillo
Dagoberto Portillo Gamero (born November 16, 1979) is a El Salvador, Salvadoran former Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvad ...
,
Osael Romero
William Osael Romero Castillo (born 18 April 1986) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.
Career
Club
Romero started his car ...
,
Ramón Sánchez and
Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5–0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Standings
''All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (
UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)''
Costa Rica vs Cuba
Mexico vs El Salvador
Costa Rica vs El Salvador
Cuba vs Mexico
El Salvador vs Cuba
Mexico vs Costa Rica
References
External links
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Gold
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