gave The United States The women’s national team’s January training camp has been moved to Florida because of the Los Angeles wildfires, US Soccer said Friday.
Training camp, and Concurrent Futures Camp Featuring 24 USWNT prospects, the game will begin three days later than planned and run from January 17-23 at Inter Miami’s Florida Blue Training Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The camps were scheduled to begin next Tuesday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
“The safety of our players and staff is always our top priority, and with fires still burning, many areas under a state of emergency, and air quality unknown next week, we made the decision to move camps,” US Soccer Sporting Director Matt Crocker said in a statement.
“Our hearts go out to all those affected in Southern California and our deepest thanks to all the first responders and volunteers who are helping to navigate this tragedy. We also thank Inter Miami Wish they accommodated us at such short notice and enabled us to run two training camps in a world-class facility.”
The US men’s national team is also training at the base in Miami to prepare for the match against them. Venezuela at Chase Stadium on January 18, but the women’s team will begin their camp as Mauricio Pochettino’s side end their tenure at the facility.
USWNT coach Emma Hayes is using the January camp to scout talent ahead of the 2027 World Cup in Brazil and the 2028 Olympics in LA.
“None of us know what the roster is going to look like in 2027, so I’m anxious to make sure we have more players that are in better positions to help us,” Hayes told reporters. can help compete for higher levels.” on Wednesday.