Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves welcomed Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo González in the capital San José on Thursday.

Several players have left the USMNT's January training camp in recent days, but the ones who remain have a huge opportunity to impress coach Mauricio Pochettino in two upcoming friendly games.

Venezuela’s foreign minister on Monday accused opponents of President Nicolás Maduro as being linked to damages at the country’s diplomatic facilities in five nations.

Due to this game being outside of a FIFA window for international games, USMNT players from most leagues across the world haven't been released by their clubs to play. That is the same for Venezuela, with most of their stars for South America's surprise package in 2026 World Cup qualifying unavailable for this one.

Led by Mauricio Pochettino, the 24 players called up for the friendly matches against Venezuela and Costa Rica began their preparation.

Goalkeeper Drake Callender became the fourth player dropped from the roster for the United States' friendly against Venezuela on Saturday.

The United States Men's National Team has confirmed its roster for January's friendlies with Venezuela and Costa Rica. Mauricio Pochettino will be assessing 24 predominantly domestic players at this month's camp with their European-based counterparts still ...

CHICAGO — Former Aston Villa forward Indiana Vassilev was picked Monday for a U.S. training camp ahead of friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica and is among 10 players who could make their national team debuts. Vassilev made his first Aston Villa ...

They could care less about the noise that’s generated across comment sections and online forums that diminish MLS as a pipeline for the national team. The reality, though, is quite simple: January camp is not a collection of the country’s best players.

Five years after his Premier League debut for Aston Villa, 23-year-old Indiana Vassilev could make his first U.S. national team appearance in upcoming friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica. Indy,

January 10 came and went and, as expected, Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro hung on to power. It is easy to throw our hands in the air and feel hopeless before an authoritarian government that ruthlessly persecutes any dissent.