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Georgie Welcome bolsters Honduras attack as Carlo Costly ruled out with injury

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Forward Georgie Welcome was called up to replace injured forward Carlo Costly in Honduras' 23-man preliminary World Cup roster.Midfielder Roger Espinoza of Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards and Honduras-based winger Danilo Turcios also were included Monday by coach Reinaldo Rueda. Forward Jerry Bengtson, the top scorer in the Honduran league, and defender Roger Rojas were omitted.The final list of players must be submitted to FIFA by June 1. Honduras will face Chile, Spain and Switzerland in World Cup Group H.Costly, who plays for Vaslui, fractured his right foot in a Romanian league match Thursday and will be sidelined for six weeks.The Catrachos leave Friday for a training camp in Germany, then moves to Austria on May 25. They will play exhibition against Belarus (May 27), South Korea (May 29), Azerbaijan (June 2) and Romania (June 5), then leave for South Africa on June 8.In the World Cup for the first time since 1982, Honduras is grouped with Ch...

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