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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Group A of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 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. The group consisted of five-time Gold Cup champions, Mexico, as well as Costa Rica, El Salvador and Cuba.

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 removed five players from their squad due to substance abuse. These players included starting goalkeeper, Guillermo Ochoa, starting center back Francisco Rodríguez and the following reserves: Sinha, Christian Bermúdez and Édgar Dueñas. The drug they tested positive for was clenbuterol, 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 banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5–0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Standings

Key to colors in group tables

All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)

Costa Rica vs Cuba

Saborío Mora Campbell

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ARG Ricardo La Volpe
Raúl González

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Mexico vs El Salvador

De Nigris J. Hernández

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MEX José Manuel de la Torre
URU Rubén Israel

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Costa Rica vs El Salvador

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ARG Ricardo La Volpe
URU Rubén Israel

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Cuba vs Mexico

Dos Santos
De Nigris

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Raúl González
José Manuel de la Torre

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El Salvador vs Cuba

Romero Blanco Alvarez Quintanilla

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URU Rubén Israel
Raúl González Triana

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Mexico vs Costa Rica

Guardado Barrera

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José Manuel de la Torre
ARG Ricardo La Volpe

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References

References

  1. (June 10, 2011). "Gold Cup: Five Mexico players test positive for banned substance". MLSSoccer.com.
  2. Mira, Luis. (June 9, 2011). "Five Mexico internationals suspended for positive anti-doping test". Goal.com.
  3. Baxter, Kevin. (June 9, 2011). "Five Mexican soccer players suspended for positive drug tests". Los Angeles Times.
  4. (June 9, 2011). "5 Mexico players test positive, blame tainted food". USA Today.
  5. Uy, Nathaniel. (6 June 2011). "Mexico Soccer: Five Players Reportedly out of Gold Cup After Testing Positive". Bleacher Report.
  6. (2011-06-15). "Mexican "B" samples test negative". concacaf.com.
  7. (2013-09-20). "El Salvador match-fixing: 14 footballers banned for life". [[BBC News]].
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