At least nine boys with the Guatemalan under-15 soccer team, which is set to play in a CONCACAF tournament in Florida, were denied travel visas to the United States, the country's soccer federation said
At least nine boys with the Guatemalan under-15 soccer team were denied travel visas to the United States, the country's soccer federation said.
The team is set to compete in the CONCACAF Boys U-15 championship at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida beginning on August 4.The players attended their visa appointments at the U.S. embassy in Guatemala City on Friday with"all the documents required to support their applications," but they were denied their visas, the federation said in a statement. The team was planning to travel to Florida a couple of days before the event.
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