National Soccer
The Guatemala national team traveled on the way to Chattanooga to face its friendly match against El Salvador on May 31.
The Guatemala selection is prepared fully for their game against El Salvador. (Free Press Photo: Fedefut)
The Guatemala selection He left on Thursday 29 of the country for Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, where he will hold a friendly match against his similar to El Salvador.
The Guatemalan team presented a payroll composed almost entirely by local league players. Of the list of legionary players available to coach Luis Fernando Tena, only Nicolás Samayoa and Archímides Ordóñez They will be present in the preparation duel.
In addition, from the list of 22 players who had convened, Jonathan Franco and Erick Lemus did not make the trip because they were resentful of an injury.
They join down Nicholas Hagenwho was not lent by Columbus Crew before the injury of his titular goalkeeper.
That is, of the 22 on the original payroll, only 19 will be in Chattanoga.
El Salvador, meanwhile, also made its respective trip to the US this May 29. According to Salvadoran media reports, Hernán Darío “El Bolillo” Gómez presented At first a payroll of 24 players, But in the final call only 20 will be in the game.
Alexander Larín, Leonardo Menjívar, Narciso Orellana and Rafael Tejada are the players that were excluded from duel.
The friendly duel will be on Saturday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m. at the Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
This will be the last proof of both teams before playing the last two days of the second round of the Concacaf Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup.
Guatemala will face the Dominican Republic on June 6 and 10 will be measured with Jamaica.
El Salvador, meanwhile, will play against Anguilla on June 7 and 10 will face Surinam.