Los Catrachos wrote to FIFA about concern that Mark Geiger will not be able to handle the pressure of the Estadio Azteca after his controversial Gold Cup.
The General Secretary of Honduras' FA has formally requested a change of referee for Tuesday's World Cup qualification match against Mexico.
Jorge Ernesto Mejia sent a letter dated Aug. 29 to Gordon Savic, who is the head of FIFA's World Cup qualifiers, requesting that American referee Mark Geiger be replaced by a different referee after Geiger's performance in Mexico's 2015 Gold Cup semifinal win. In that game, Geiger awarded El Tri a controversial penalty late in stoppage time and again called a spot kick in their favor in extra time.