Ten players from Jamaican side Mount Pleasant have been denied a visa to enter the United States for Wednesday’s Concacaf Champions Cup tie towards LA Galaxy.
Mount Pleasant, winners of the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, are set to make their Champions Cup debut towards Galaxy on the Dignity Health Sports Park in California.
The Jamaican side have been pressured to name up quite a few academy players for the fixture.
“We don’t want to just show up for the game, we want to be able to compete, but we are not being given the opportunity to be at our best,” Mount Pleasant sporting director Paul Christie instructed the Jamaica Observer., external
Mount Pleasant’s squad contains seven players from the Caribbean island nation of Haiti.
United States President Donald Trump expanded a journey ban that got here into drive on 1 January, which bars Haiti nationals from getting into the US.
Exemptions are in place for occasions such because the World Cup, which is being co-hosted by the US this summer time.
The Champions Cup is organised by Concacaf and entails groups from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
A Concacaf spokesperson instructed BBC Sport the match will go forward as a result of it was the duty of Mount Pleasant to submit visa functions throughout the timeframe specified by the US.
“The club had ample time to complete the visa application process following the competition’s official draw in December 2025,” Concacaf stated.
BBC Sport has contacted Mount Pleasant for remark.
