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One of many key elements that satisfied James Rodriguez to hitch Mexican aspect Membership Leon was the staff’s qualification for the upcoming 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup. Nevertheless, the Colombian star’s participation within the prestigious worldwide event might be in danger, because the membership is now dealing with a vital deadline set by the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Membership Leon secured their spot within the Membership World Cup after successful the 2023 CONCACAF Champions Cup by defeating LAFC. They had been subsequently drawn into Group D alongside Chelsea, Esperance Sportive de Tunis, and Flamengo. Nevertheless, a authorized problem from Costa Rican membership Liga Deportiva Alajuelense might threaten their participation.
Alajuelense has raised issues over the involvement of two groups from Grupo Pachuca — CF Pachuca and Membership Leon — alleging that each golf equipment fall underneath the definition of “multi-ownership.”
This violates FIFA’s rules, which prohibit two golf equipment owned by the identical entity from competing in the identical competitors. Regardless of submitting a criticism with FIFA in November, the governing physique failed to reply, prompting Alajuelense to escalate the matter to the CAS.
The CAS has now set a deadline for FIFA, Membership Leon, and Pachuca (Grupo Pachuca) to current their arguments and proof by April 2, simply over two months earlier than the event kicks off on June 14. The golf equipment might want to show that their participation within the event is legitimate, dispelling the claims of multi-ownership in an effort to safe their locations within the competitors.
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Attainable outcomes for the case
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense’s declare stems from their victory within the 2023 Central American Cup, which earned them the fitting to take part within the Membership World Cup. In a dialog with ESPN, Leon Weinstock, a member of Alajuelense’s Board of Administrators and the membership’s lawyer, outlined the potential end result they’re hoping for:
“We advised the CAS in our request that the proper method can be to compensate our membership with an quantity equal to the damages and losses suffered by not having the ability to take part. How would this be calculated? Nicely, with the World Cup prize, player-related points, advertising and marketing, and many others,” Weinstock defined.
Weinstock acknowledged that by the point CAS delivers its ultimate ruling, the Membership World Cup might already be underway and even accomplished, probably rendering Alajuelense’s participation inconceivable. Nevertheless, he prompt that monetary compensation might nonetheless be a chance, leaving FIFA and their rules in a precarious place.
