Cuban soccer players may have defected, Herald reports

Five members of a Cuban national soccer team left their Tampa hotel Tuesday and are believed to be on their way to Miami to seek political asylum, the Miami Herald reports. The players, members of the Under-23 team, tied the United States 1-1 in a game Tuesday night. The team's coach told ESPN Deportes the players left the hotel. The team is competing in the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament. It's second game, against Honduras, is scheduled for Thursday.