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Lizzy BecheranoJul 2, 2025, 09:21 PM ET
Concacaf announced that players from Canada, United States and Mexico who person a reddish paper during the 2025 Gold Cup volition service a suspension during the team's adjacent affable match, arsenic the disciplinary enactment does not transportation implicit into the 2026 World Cup.
"Following extended discussions with FIFA, Concacaf is present successful a presumption to corroborate that immoderate 2025 Gold Cup pending suspension for Canada, Mexico, and the United States (co-hosts of adjacent year's World Cup) indispensable beryllium served during their adjacent planetary affable lucifer and not during the FIFA World Cup 2026," a spokesperson from Concacaf said to ESPN.
The question arose erstwhile Jacob Shaffelburg received a 2nd yellowish successful Canada's 1-1 (5-6) Gold Cup quarterfinal lucifer nonaccomplishment to Guatemala, being ejected from the transportation arsenic the squad faced elimination from the tournament. As a big of the upcoming World Cup, the Canadian men's nationalist squad volition not vie successful the upcoming Concacaf Qualifiers and truthful has nary competitory matches until the 2026 tournament.
Given the deficiency of authoritative tournaments successful the schedule, Shaffelburg volition beryllium suspended for the team's upcoming affable lucifer but volition stay disposable for enactment nether caput manager Jesse Marsch for the Canadian men's nationalist squad 2026 World Cup opener.
The regularisation applies to each players of the 2026 World Cup big nation, nether nonfiction 69.3 of FIFA's disciplinary code.
"If a typical squad is hosting a last contention and is consequently not required to enactment successful qualifying matches to scope the last contention of this tourney and its adjacent authoritative lucifer is successful that last competition, immoderate lucifer suspension shall beryllium carried implicit to the typical team's adjacent affable match," states FIFA.
Any subordinate from Mexico oregon the United States who earns a reddish paper successful the semifinal crippled oregon last of the 2025 Gold Cup volition beryllium retired for the adjacent affable lucifer scheduled earlier the World Cup.
The USMNT bushed Guatemala 2-1 successful the Gold Cup's archetypal semifinal connected Wednesday, portion Mexico faces Honduras aboriginal for a summons to the final.
