Real Salt Lake winger Joao Plata was reportedly one of the five players that the Ecuador Football Federation suspended indefinitely for disciplinary purposes.
The FEF did not identify the five players in Thursday’s release, but Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio reported that Plata was among five who allegedly left the team hotel to go to a party before Ecuador’s 3-1 loss to Argentina Tuesday.
“Once the report by [national team coach] Prof. Jorge Célico was analyzed, where the facts are explained in detail, the directory UNANIMOUSLY resolved to INDEFINITELY SUSPEND the five players who participated in the act from all Ecuador national team appearances,” the FEF said in a statement.