View Full Version : Two Cubans Defect at Gold Cup (per Galavision)
Autogolazo
10 Jul 2005, 07:19 PM
No, this is not a repeat.
Names to come later tonight on Telefuture (so they said).
scaryice
10 Jul 2005, 10:15 PM
Hopefully it's Lester More, he could help out an MLS team.
MetroChile
10 Jul 2005, 11:05 PM
What was the name of the one that defected a few years back and earned a contract with the Rapids??
Beckham7
10 Jul 2005, 11:07 PM
I knew that was going to happen. Didn't some defect during the last gold cup too?
scaryice
10 Jul 2005, 11:11 PM
Delgado and Martinez both signed for the Rapids, and proceeded to suck.
XaviusX
10 Jul 2005, 11:11 PM
Cuban players always defect when they play in the U.S.
You'd think that Fidel would get a hint right about now.
Flyin Ryan
10 Jul 2005, 11:27 PM
^ so what's he supposed to do, not send teams?
Coster
10 Jul 2005, 11:36 PM
Ha. When I was watching the anthems during the Cuba game and they were going down the line of players I was trying to guess which of those guys would defect. Good for them. I spoke with a couple of people who came from Cuba recently and they told me what it was like.
scaryice
10 Jul 2005, 11:42 PM
Just a guess, but it probably won't be any of their better players who have been with the team for a while, cuz they could've done it already.
Solid444
10 Jul 2005, 11:43 PM
Really selfish if you ask me. Their families are now screwed.
Femfa
10 Jul 2005, 11:46 PM
Or saved - a lot of defectors are able to send money home that they simply would never make in Cuba.
One guy I know is supporting like 20 family members down there.
Solid444
10 Jul 2005, 11:47 PM
Or saved - a lot of defectors are able to send money home that they simply would never make in Cuba.
One guy I know is supporting like 20 family members down there.
Well the stories I have heard of people who leave is that their families are treated like ******** by the government. Thats why most people try to come with their families and all.
Turk from Pigs Eye
10 Jul 2005, 11:56 PM
Now they're going to make some of that big MLS money!
Femfa
11 Jul 2005, 12:00 AM
Well the stories I have heard of people who leave is that their families are treated like ******** by the government.
And this is different from the way the government treats everybody in Cuba, how, exactly?
Of course people try to leave with their families. Who would want to leave anyone they love behind there?
Nodak
11 Jul 2005, 12:25 AM
Can't resist poking my nose in. Good for them because the were buggered when they where born. Nature of the bitch when born in some shite hole of a country. Thats the facts Jack, you is lucky to be born American.
Speed_Racer
11 Jul 2005, 12:35 AM
You'd think that Fidel would get a hint right about now.
If not now, then surely (don't call me Shirley) next time ;). Good call.
My own fault. I will always be surprised with current headlines.
UxSxAxfooty
11 Jul 2005, 02:42 AM
Really selfish if you ask me. Their families are now screwed.
Oh yeah.
I bet their families wanted them to live lives of suffering in Cuba, rather than tasting the sweet air of freedom.
Sandon Mibut
11 Jul 2005, 03:07 AM
Hopefully it's Lester More, he could help out an MLS team.No doubt. He's definitely better than Delgado and Martinez. He could play, and play regularly, for several MLS teams.
He'd sure be a nice Ching-esque fit with Donovan in LA.
Sandon Mibut
11 Jul 2005, 10:56 PM
Any updates?
dfb547490
11 Jul 2005, 11:09 PM
Cuba is a worker's paradise, why would anyone ever want to defect?? I mean, they have free health care!! :rolleyes: