Ecuador, Cincinnati player Marco Angulo, 22, dies from car crash injuries

FILE -FC Cincinnati midfielder Marco Angulo plays during an MLS soccer match against Toronto FC June 21, 2023, in Cincinnati.

FILE -FC Cincinnati midfielder Marco Angulo plays during an MLS soccer match against Toronto FC June 21, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)


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QUITO, Ecuador — The Ecuadorian Football Association says Ecuador and FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo has died from his injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas. The 22-year-old Angulo was a passenger in the car that crashed on the Rumiñahui highway southeast of Quito on Oct. 7. The driver and Cabezas, who played for Independiente Juniors, were killed in the incident. Angulo was left with serious head injuries and a lung contusion. The El Universo newspaper reports he was placed in an artificial coma but died from the injuries on Monday night. Angulo played for Ecuadorian league champion L.D.U. Quito on loan from MLS team FC Cincinnati.

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