NEW YORK: The United States Soccer Federation has cancelled its plan to send its men’s team to train in Doha, Qatar, from now until January 25 “due to the developing situation in the region”.

On Friday the US government racheted up political and military tensiuon in the Middle East with the assassination of Iran’s top commander.

The USSF has switched its training camp to Bradenton, Florida, with a squad of players |mostly from Major League Soccer ahead of a friendly against Costa Rica on February 1 at Carson, California.

The USSF said it hopes to train in the future at Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup.

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