Cuban Soccer Stars Join Team America
On Tuesday night, five members of Cuba’s national soccer team quietly slipped out of the Doubletree Hotel in Tampa, Florida. Only hours after tying it up in an Olympic qualifying match against the U.S., team captain Yenier Bermudez, goalie Jose Manuel Miranda and 3 others vanished into the night.
The players have now confirmed that they are seeking political asylum from their Commie homeland—America’s “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy states that any Cuban is allowed to stay in the U.S. as long as they reach American soil. After a year, they can apply for citizenship.
After bouncing from the hotel, they jumped in a friend’s car and headed east to nearby Lake Worth. Once there, they bought cell phones, contacted a lawyer and celebrated their freedom.
This is bad news for Cuba’s Olympic hopes—after two additional players left last night, and one player was suspended on Tuesday, only 12 Cubans can now play in tonight’s match against Honduras. However, it’s good news for U.S.—the general manager of the MLS’s Miami FC team is already holding a tryout for the defects next week. In fact, he was pretty much expecting them to defect from the jump. “I watched their game against the U.S. on TV, and I thought the Cuban team played very well,” the GM said. “We were kind of scouting that game because anytime a Cuban team comes to the United States, there’s a chance someone might defect.”
We’d like to extend an open invitation to any remaining members of the Cuban team to come hide out in the Complex office (we’re looking for a good cigar hook-up).
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