Ecuador keeps World Cup spot as FIFA rejects Chile complaint


              President of the Chilean Soccer Federation Pablo Milad, left, walks with lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo, for a press conference to ask FIFA to investigate whether Ecuador's national soccer team player Byron Castillo is actually Colombian and not entitled to have played for Ecuador in World Cup qualifying matches, at the Chilean Soccer Federation Headquarters in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Ecuador's soccer federation issued a statement rejecting Chile's claims and insisting that Castillo is legally an Ecuadorian citizen. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
            
              FILE - Ecuador's Byron Castillo, right, and Argentina's Nicolas Gonzalez eye the ball during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on March 29, 2022. Ecuador has kept its place at the World Cup. A FIFA legal ruling has rejected a complaint by Chile about an alleged ineligible player for Ecuador. Chile’s soccer federation claimed to have documents proving Ecuador defender Byron Castillo is Colombian. Ecuador risked forfeiting eight qualifying games he played in as 3-0 losses. (Franklin Jacome/Pool via AP)
Ecuador keeps World Cup spot as FIFA rejects Chile complaint