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Match Fixing Allegations Shadow Tonight's Qualifier Between Canada and El Salvador

Related Topics: El Salvador, Match fixing, Canada

The El Salvadorian team came forward alleging someone had attempted to pay them money to get a favourable result tonight.

A strange kind of match fixing - if it can be called that - has dominated the build-up to Canada's World Cup qualifier against El Salvador after the visitors to Vancouver alleged they had been offered cash in order not to throw the match on Tuesday night.

El Salvador, of course, has already been eliminated from contention for a place in the next round and have only pride to play for at BC Place.

Canada, on the other hand, are still in with a shot, albeit a long one; they can qualify for the Hex with a win and the kind of heavy defeat of Honduras by Mexico that would create a six-goal swing in the goal differential column.