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ESPN News Services
Jun 10, 2025, 03:14 PM ET
The Mexican nationalist shot squad volition alteration hotels successful Los Angeles up of their Gold Cup lucifer connected Saturday due to the fact that of information concerns amid the protests against migration raids successful the city, a squad spokesperson said Tuesday.
Mexico volition play its opening lucifer successful the determination tourney against the Dominican Republic astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood.
The squad had a edifice reserved successful downtown Los Angeles but governing assemblage Concacaf has allowed for a alteration to an undetermined hotel, Mexican squad spokesperson Fernando Schwartz told The Associated Press.
Mexico volition determination to a edifice successful Long Beach to debar clashes successful the downtown area, sources told ESPN's Omar Flores.
Concacaf, which runs shot successful North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has not made an authoritative announcement.
The protests began Friday successful downtown Los Angeles aft national migration authorities arrested much than 40 radical crossed the city. On Sunday, crowds blocked a large freeway and acceptable self-driving cars connected occurrence arsenic constabulary responded with teardrop gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.
On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered different 2,000 National Guard troops on with 700 Marines to beryllium sent to Los Angeles.
Mexico manager Javier Aguirre was reluctant to speech astir the protests astatine a quality league connected Monday successful Chapel Hill, North Carolina, wherever the squad is scheduled to play successful a affable lucifer against Turkey connected Tuesday.
"I'm not going to speech astir Los Angeles, I told you no, we are talking astir sports here." Aguirre said. "I can't explicit myself close now. We person a lucifer against Turkey, and I don't person immoderate information. I cognize what we spot connected television. We're thousands of miles away, and I can't explicit myself."
After the lucifer against the Dominican Republic, Mexico volition alert to Arlington, Texas, to play Suriname and past adjacent retired the archetypal circular of the tourney against Costa Rica successful Las Vegas.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
