Nigeria players are staging a sit-in protest, refusing to leave their hotel in France until all of their outstanding bonuses are paid, following the team's elimination from the Women's World Cup on Saturday.

Players told ESPN they are owed bonuses from two games, against Gambia and Senegal, from as far back as two years ago, amounting to 2 million Nigerian naira (about $5,600 U.S.), but they have been paid only half of that. They also say they are owed five days of daily allowance while at the World Cup.

"They paid us 1 million [naira] and said that is all. We want them to pay the balance," one player told ESPN. "Part of that money is from two years ago, the other is from three years ago. And they are also owing us five days' daily allowance here in France.

"Before the World Cup, we asked them for a meeting so that we could discuss our World Cup bonuses, like they did with the men's team last year. They ignored the letter and nobody said anything about it until now."

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The players are also demanding their share of the World Cup participation fee from FIFA, even though the tournament's organisers are not scheduled to pay those until September.

Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick told ESPN that all the outstanding allowances have been paid.

"We have paid them everything they are being owed," he said.

"The only thing outstanding is the participation fee from FIFA, which is not expected to come until after the tournament. But they insist that they want to get paid, as they have spoken to players from Cameroon and France, who told them they have already been paid."

It is not the first time Nigeria's women team has staged a protest over bonuses. After winning the 2016 African title in Cameroon, the squad returned home and staged a public demonstration on the streets of the capital, Abuja, to demand payment of their outstanding allowances.

In 2004, the team also sat in for three days at their hotel in South Africa after winning the African title until the allowances were settled.

Nigeria reached the knockout stage of the Women's World Cup in France before losing 3-0 to Germany in the round of 16 on Saturday in Grenoble.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mexico coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino believes sooner or later a Copa America involving the whole American continent will become a reality.

The Argentine was questioned about the travel and distances in the Gold Cup in the United States this summer and was reluctant to give his opinion on what should change, although he did hint he believes there will eventually be a united Copa America.

"The Gold Cup has been played for a long time, I'm the new face at this Gold Cup," said Martino. "I'm not the person to change the format. The people that analyze the format these tournament should be played [in] are the specialists, I'm not.

"It seems to me that in time, one way or the other, we will get closer to a Copa America that is played between all the continent.

"When I say all the continent, I mean all the American continent."

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Martino has previously stressed he'd like Mexico to be involved in the 2020 Copa America, although Australia and Qatar will be the invited non-CONMEBOL guests next summer. The 2016 Copa America Centenario was held between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF teams in the United States, but negotiations to create something similar in 2020 broke down.

Mexico has been involved in all the Copa Americas since 1993, but missed out this year.

Martino's former Newell's Old Boys teammate and Paraguay manager Eduardo Berizzo suggested last week that guest countries shouldn't come from outside the continent.

"If we played [the Copa America] between American teams it would be logical," said Berizzo in a press conference after Paraguay's 2-2 draw with Qatar. "We should imagine a Copa America integrating with Central and North America.

"I've never seen a European Championship where they invite South American teams. It sounds hostile to say it today, with our opponent being Qatar, but I firmly believe that the Copa America should be played with American teams."

Martino also demanded that his Mexico side does not ease off against Martinique on Sunday in Bank of America Stadium. El Tri defeated Cuba 7-0 in its first match in Group A and overcame Canada 3-1 to take control of Group A in the Gold Cup.

"What you have to do is go into every game imagining we are playing the best," said Martino. "That's the point we're most trying to respect; playing against Cuba and Martinique in the same way we'd do so against Canada, Panama or the United States."

Midfielder Erick Gutierrez will be out of the game for Mexico with a right hamstring injury that will sideline him for two weeks, according to a Mexican federation statement, although there was confirmation from Martino that previous injury concerns Rodolfo Pizarro, Hector Moreno and Carlos Salcedo will all be available.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- United States manager Gregg Berhalter praised his side's patience and the diversity of the Americans' attack in its 6-0 demolition of Trinidad and Tobago in the group stage of the 2019 Gold Cup.

The U.S. took a 1-0 lead into half-time thanks to Aaron Long's 41st minute header, but then exploded with five goals in the second half. Gyasi Zardes scored twice in a three-minute span starting in the 66th minute. Christian Pulisic and Paul Arriola scored five minutes apart beginning in the 73rd before Long added his second on the night in the 90th minute. Pulisic and substitute Jordan Morris each had two assists. The victory clinched a spot in the quarterfinals, and the U.S. now needs to either beat or tie Panama in the group stage finale in order to claim top spot in Group D.

"I think the diversity in our game showed today," Berhalter said in his post-match news conference.

"We hit a couple of good offensive transitions, we had some good buildup, so I liked that we played with that diversity which in a tournament is important."

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Berhalter added that revenge wasn't on the minds of his players given that it was Trinidad and Tobago that eliminated the U.S. from qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

"Our focus was prepare for this game, knowing that if we won, we go to the next round," he said.

"That was the focus of the group. Trinidad was in our way and we were focused on advancing to the next round of this tournament and we did that."

The U.S. looked a little sluggish in the first half, though that was due in part to the Soca Warriors setting up in a low block defensively, and challenging the home side to play through them. Long's goal, set up by Pulisic, gave the U.S. some momentum heading into half-time, at which point Berhalter encouraged his charges to keep playing the same way.

"We talked to the group about just being patient. We felt that over time we would get more breakthroughs," he said.

Berhalter added that a half-time adjustment also aided the U.S. attack.

"I think it was the first half set up the second half pretty nicely," he said. "We wanted to have a high tempo, we wanted to keep them moving.

"We felt that our fitness could have an effect on them. And then a slight adjustment that we made in the second half was dropping our right winger down into the space. Their man rotated into the midfield and we needed to create an extra man, and when we dropped the midfielder down it had a positive effect on match.

"We moved our right-back up to keep [Cordell] Cato from transitioning, and it pinned him back, but then it created space in the midfield."

Pulisic was the biggest beneficiary. He set up the second of Zardes goals and thrived in the additional space that came as Trinidad and Tobago were forced to take more risks.

"I think what we're doing is trying to put him in a position where he can [take a game over]," said Berhalter about Pulisic. "The structure around him accommodates him being flexible.

"He can go wide, he can come inside, he can create space for himself, we can use the striker to get him the ball bouncing it back to him. That's what we're trying to do and the reason we're trying to do that is he has these game-changing abilities.

"It's something that you see tonight; very fluid with his movement, dynamic, able to take players on, good ball security. And then today was great in that the final product was there also which is always important for attacking players."

It was also a big night for Zardes, who has come under plenty of criticism playing as the lone forward in the U.S. manager's setup, especially given the fact that Josh Sargent was left off the roster. But Berhalter, who coached Zardes when the two were with the Columbus Crew, was pleased to see the forward deliver.

"We work as a group, we support each other, and Gyasi is a guy that you know exactly what you're going to get from him," he said.

"I've said that all along. You need in your squad of 23 players, you need a majority of guys that can give what you're asking of them. Gyasi is a guy like that. So we're proud of him. We're proud of his effort.

"We know that he has good ability, he's a tremendous worker, and it's nice to have him in the squad."

Berhalter now has the luxury of resting some players in the Panama game, though he said he's not sure how exactly he'll approach the match.

"I don't have experience with that," he said about handling the last group stage game. "This is the first time we're going through it, so we'll have to figure it out.

"We know that the tournament is a lot of games in a short time, so there will have to be some balancing, but part of it was getting some guys off today to give them some rest. But that's going to be an interesting problem that we're going to have to solve."

Dani Alves announced he was leaving Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, just hours after captaining Brazil to a 5-0 win over Peru in the Copa America and chipping in with a goal.

The flamboyant full-back joined the French club in 2017 after spells at Sevilla, Barcelona and Juventus, but he did not say what his next move would be after leaving Paris.

"Another cycle in my life ends today, a victorious cycle, one of learning and experiences," Alves, 36, wrote on Instagram.

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Hoje fecho mais um ciclo na minha vida, um ciclo de vitória, de aprendizados e de experiências. Gostaria de agradecer a família PSG pela oportunidade de juntos construir uma página na história desse clube. Gostaria de agradecer a todos e sobre tudo ao staff pelo carinho, pelo respeito, pela cumplicidade demostrada desde o primeiro dia... vocês fazem esse clube um pouco mais especial. Foram dois anos de resiliência e reinventares contínuos para cumprir com a minha missão, porém na vida tudo tem um começo, um meio, um final e hoje chegou o momento de colocar esse ponto final aqui. Peço-lhes desculpas se em algum momento não estive a altura, peço-lhes desculpas se em algum momento cometir alguma falha, apenas tentavam dá o meu melhor. Obrigado a todos os companheiros pelos momentos vividos, pelas risadas juntos, pelos enfados também que vossos espíritos preguiçosos me fizeram passar.?? Se vocês um dia me recordarem, que seja como o GOOD CRAZY de cada dia, com um belo sorriso no rosto, com uma energia pura de alma, como um profissional trabalhador e compromissado com os objetivos.... como alguém que apenas quis que vocês fossem melhores a cada dia e que tentou fazê-los entender o verdadeiro significado da palavra equipe. "Um grande abraço a todos e espero que não sintam muita falta das minhas loucuras???" Com muito carinho GoodCrazy!! #GoodCrazyMood?

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"I would like to thank the PSG family for the opportunity we had together to build a page in the club's history."

Alves, who replaced club mate Neymar as Brazil captain for the Copa America last month, won two Ligue 1 titles and one French Cup in his two seasons at Parc des Princes.

The United States faced a step up in competition in its second group-stage match in the Gold Cup on Saturday night and responded to the challenge with a convincing 6-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in Cleveland. The possibility of getting revenge against the team that knocked the U.S. out of World Cup qualifying two years ago dominated discussion heading into the game, although the emphatic nature of the win was more about reclaiming confidence following the intervening period of stagnation.

Positives

Ruthlessness. It took a while for the Americans to get going, and the 1-0 halftime lead did not feel comfortable. But an explosion of goals in the second half -- including four in a 12-minute period -- showed a killer instinct the U.S. has not shown, nor been capable of, for almost two years. The confidence earned from the win is crucial to any chances the Americans have of springing a surprise defense of their title.

Negatives

The second-half run of goals distracts from a slow start in which the Americans struggled to create chances and failed to use a massive possession advantage effectively. Moves that started as promising attacks broke down following poor touches or poor decisions in the final third. T&T's inability to capitalize on a small number of counterattacking opportunities bailed out a back line that looked vulnerable.

Manager rating out of 10

8 -- Gregg Berhalter's decision to start Gyasi Zardes ahead of Jozy Altidore raised eyebrows, but following Zardes' two-goal performance, the U.S. boss deserves credit for getting a strong performance out of the striker. Berhalter's tactical plan worked well in terms of chance creation and did not allow a T&T goal. Substitute Jordan Morris made a massive impact, setting up two U.S. goals after coming on for Tyler Boyd.

Player ratings (1-10; 10=best. Players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating)

GK Zack Steffen, 8 -- Made the saves required, including a pair of tricky stops in the second half. Distributed the ball without issue as the Americans worked to build out of the back.

DF Nick Lima, 6 -- Set up the second goal of the night with an excellent headed cross to Zardes. Made some questionable decisions up the field and was caught out defensively on one notable occasion.

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DF Aaron Long, 7 -- Scored twice. Had a couple of dodgy moments at the back but recovered well.

DF Walker Zimmerman, 6 -- Shaky on an early cross that nearly put the U.S. behind. Passed the ball well from the back. Scrambled back effectively to slow T&T counters.

DF Tim Ream, 5 -- Caught inside on a T&T counter in the first half. Passive in one-on-one situations in the second half.

MF Michael Bradley, 6 -- Provided occasionally brilliant service, particularly with chipped balls in behind. Turned the ball over a handful of times but otherwise served as a calm presence.

MF Tyler Boyd, 6 -- Mobile and active in a little more than an hour. Able to create multiple shooting opportunities but didn't find the net.

MF Weston McKennie, 7 -- Played with an aggressive edge that bordered on irresponsible in the first half. Covered plenty of ground and linked up well in midfield.

MF Christian Pulisic, 9 -- Provided the perfect pass to create the American breakthrough, then turned it on in the second half. Aggressive, intelligent and influential.

MF Paul Arriola, 6 -- Active up and down the wing, helping with ball recovery and popping up in space on the left side. Rewarded with a goal for good work in the attack.

FW Gyasi Zardes, 8 -- Struggled to provide angles with holdup play in the first half but improved as the game went along. Scored twice, with the second one coming on a very good finish.

Substitutes

MF Jordan Morris, N/R -- Two assists in a little less than half an hour. Quick and aggressive.

FW Jozy Altidore, N/R -- Mixed bag with touch and passing, but showed quality with a ball that led to Arriola's goal a pass later.

MF Reggie Cannon, N/R -- No notable moments for a young player making his competitive U.S. debut.