Costa Rica's soccer federation released a statement on Thursday, disputing a report from the Jamaica Gleaner in which Jamaica Football Federation medical committee chairman Dr. Guyan Arscott said Costa Rica's men's team competed in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday against them with COVID-19-positive players.
In a statement Thursday, Costa Rica claims all players were cleared based on Concacaf guidelines.
Arscott told the Gleaner that two players who tested positive on arrival in Jamaica competed in the game. One other player who tested positive was isolated because his test was “deemed to be relatively new,” Arscott said. Three non-players tested positive as well, per Arscott.
