U.S. Soccer announced Friday that it is moving the men’s national team’s training camp out of Qatar to the United States as a precaution given heightened tensions in the Middle East following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani on Thursday. The camp was scheduled to open Sunday in Doha, host city for the 2022 World Cup, but now will be staged in Bradenton, Fla. It will be delayed by a day and is set to begin Monday as players and team officials scramble to change travel plans. “Due to the developing situation in the region, U.S. Soccer has decided to postpone traveling to Qatar for the men’s national team’s scheduled January training camp,” the federation said in a statement. RB Salzburg is coached by former MLS manager and national team assistant Jesse Marsch.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 04, 2020 02:03 UTC