World Cup 2026: Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight home, has players fly commercial after elimination

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The ugliness of Uruguay's 2026 World Cup elimination apparently goes well beyond the field.

The AUF, Uruguay's soccer federation, has canceled the charter flight set to take players from their base camp in Mexico back to their capital city of Montevideo, according to Uruguayan broadcaster Tenfield. Players will instead be left to take commercial flights either home or to vacations with their families.

Uruguay's World Cup campaign officially ended on Friday with a 1-0 loss to Spain, which allowed Cape Verde to advance to the knockout rounds in one of the most shocking group results in the history of the tournament. It is a mortifying result for a squad overwhelmingly favored to advance over Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia.

Manager Marcelo Bielsa went viral in the aftermath, furiously yelling at journalists in a postgame interview.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/world-cup-2026-uruguay-federation-reportedly-cancels-charter-flight-home-has-players-fly-commercial-after-elimination-231056137.html

[msongs]

1. losing 0 - 1 hardly sounds like a big deal to me nt

[underpants]

2. Uruguay has quite a World Cup history and expectations

They would’ve been a qualifier if the field was the normal 32. At 48 teams they couldn’t have expected. To not get through the group stage. Draws with Saudi Arabia and (surprise story) Cape Verde???? Hell no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification

They won the first World Cup in 1930 and again in 1950. They’ve qualified for 14 of the 23 World Cups.
They are 1/3 of the regular powerhouses in South American qualifying with Brazil and Argentina.

Considered one of the most successful national teams in international competitions and by FIFA as "football's first global powerhouse,"[9] Uruguay has won four world FIFA–organized championships, two FIFA Olympic titles and two FIFA World Cups.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team