The Honduras national team has been hit hard before and during the development of the Gold Cup, where he already adds six casualties for different reasons.
After this string of casualties due to injury in the Honduran squad, there are many queries that are made on social networks and one of them is: Can Honduras register more players for the remainder of the Gold Cup?
Despite being decimated in the number of footballers, Fabián Coito’s Bicolor will not be able to include more players, since the Concacaf regulations are very clear.
WHAT THE CONCACAF REGULATIONS STATE
According to the regulations of the Gold Cup in the Article 10.4. A player on the final list may only be replaced during the competition in the event of a serious injury, up to a maximum of 24 hours before the start of his team’s first match in the Group Stage, and must be removed from the provisional list. . This also includes teams qualified from the Gold Cup Prelims to the Group Stage.
The replacement must be approved in writing by Concacaf or the Medical Committee after receiving and accepting a written detailed medical evaluation with a valid doctor’s seal or letterhead in one of the four official Concacaf languages. Concacaf or the Medical Committee will approve the request if the injury is serious enough to prevent the player from participating in the Competition.
After approval, the Association will immediately name a replacement and inform the General Secretariat of Concacaf in this regard. The substitute player must be assigned the jersey number of the injured player he is replacing.
MEXICO REQUESTED CONCACAF AND WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
The Mexican Football Federation insisted with Concacaf to make up for the loss of the injured Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano, but the confederation that organizes the Gold Cup gave a resounding ‘no’, relying on the tournament regulations.
Concacaf adhered to the regulations of the Gold Cup, in which it is not allowed to substitute a player who was injured after the start of the competition.
The Aztec team debuted at that time against the squad of Trinidad and Tobago, situation that left him out of any request for player replacement.
HONDURAS COULD REPLACE PLAYING IN THE PRESENT GOLD CUP
The Honduras National Team made use of said regulations on two occasions: In the case of Ever alvarado, but this was injured before the Bicolor traveled and made its debut in the competition. In his place he was called Marcelo Santos.
There was also the case of Michaell chirinos, who was injured before the Honduras premiere against Granada and had to be called in emergency Franklin Flores.