Portland Thorns and Venezuela The national team of women forward Deyna castellanos She said she didn’t know when she would safely travel for her United States Due to the uncertainty about possible orders to the United States for dozens of countries, including Venezuela.
“Uncertainty like, yeah, I can go home, but I don’t know if I can come back is something very scary, not only for me, but players all over the league,” Castellanos told journalists on Wednesday.
ESPN first announced last week that Castellanos had not traveled to Venezuela on a recent couple of national team games against Panama Due to the lack of clarity around the new potential bans of the United States travel.
“It was very sad that I couldn’t go with the national team, but I think it was the right decision to stay and just train and grow here – but most of all I can stay and continue to play here in the US,” she said on Wednesday.
Venezuela was reportedly listed at the highest level of potential customer prohibitions proposed by Trump administrator, but the plan, together with the potential list of countries, has not yet been completed.
Several international NWSL players remained in their clubs during the recently closed FIFA window due to proposed travel bans.
Four of the best players of Zambia compete in NsBut they stayed in the US instead of joining their national team China this month. These players were: Orlando Pride trio Barbra Banda, Chibupha and Grace Chandatogether with Bay fc forward Rachel Inada
Secretary General Fa Reuben Kamanga said last week that “recently introduced measures” prevented players from traveling, but that “they will certainly be available” for the future international duty.
Another female international window FIFA starts at the end of May.
This summer, the Continental Championship in Africa, Europe, Oceania and South America takes place.
“I’ve been working in professional sports for decades, and I think it has been in our history many times where a professional sports league, depending on what political discussions are taking place, use it as an opportunity to convene and educate how the decisions that are caused by our business.”
“This is what we will continue to do to be ready and ensure that we are ready to support our athletes and our business.”
Potential travel bans in the US could cause problems for football leagues and events for NWSL.
The US will host two major international men’s tournaments this summer: Gold Cup Concacaf and FIFA widespread club championships.
The first 48-team men World Cup The US will be hosted mostly next summer.
“We had a long -term relationship with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said ESPN CEO of American football and General Secretary of JT Batson.
“For decades we have been working with them on visa -related dynamics, so that’s something we’ve been doing for some time, and I think if we’re talking to someone about 20 years, we’ll still navigate around the visa dynamics because players come from around the world.
