Paraguayan midfielder Andres Cubas was set to represent his country in matches against the United States and Mexico, but an unusual mishap prevented him from joining the team. The Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder lost his passport in a washing machine, making it impossible for him to leave Canada for the fixtures.
Cubas has been a member of the Paraguayan national team since 2019 and was again selected for this international window. However, the midfielder accidentally washed his trousers with his passport still inside, and it was never recovered.
“𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 (𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕) 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒔’ 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒔, 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝑻𝑽.
Cubas Visa Delay Prevents Quick Return
Although Cubas quickly obtained a replacement passport, the visa process could not be completed in time, preventing him from leaving Canada to join the team. Paraguay went on to lose 2-1 to the United States but later defeated Mexico by the same scoreline.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅,” 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.
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