Cuban player defects during Gold Cup (AP)

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A Cuban player has defected during the Gold Cup, leaving the team hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. In an interview aired Sunday on Univision, the U.S. Spanish-language TV network, Yosniel Mesa says he decided before the tournament to defect. Mesa says the decision was difficult, but the 30-year-old wants to play professionally and that's not possible in Cuba.



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