GUATEMALA CITY — Consider what representing the Guatemalan national soccer team entails at the moment. Three former top officials of the country’s soccer federation are under indictment in the United States, including one who FIFA is claiming defrauded it of several million dollars. The reigning Guatemalan champion, Antigua, has eight players facing suspension for failed drug tests; the players blame supplements that they say were provided by the club’s owner. Another league owner, also recently the interim president of the soccer federation, is the brother of an accused drug kingpin who is in jail in the United States.
Guatemalan Soccer Scandals Drain Fans’ Interest in Game
