The USMNT opens its 2025 campaign on Saturday when it faces Venezuela in the first of two friendlies it will play in conjunction with the January camp being held in Fort Lauderdale.

For his first January camp, U.S. coach Maurico Pochettino brought in a squad of mostly MLS players, now down to 20 players with the departures of Jesús Ferreira, Jalen Neal, Drake Callender and John Tolkin (whose transfer from the New York Red Bulls to German club Holstein Kiel was finalized on Thursday).

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.