CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – When Je-Vaughn Watson left the New England Revolution’s preseason camp on Wednesday morning headed for international duty, head coach Jay Heaps had one simple request.
Take it easy on Juan Agudelo.
The lighthearted comment was made in jest, but Heaps will undoubtedly be an interested onlooker on Friday night when Agudelo and the U.S. National Team host Watson’s Jamaica at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee (7 p.m. ET, FS1 and UniMas).
Teammates at the club level, Agudelo and Watson will be opponents for 90 minutes on Friday, and for the USMNT it’s a last chance to gear up for a pair of critical World Cup qualifiers in late March.