The landscape of friendlies could be changing dramatically for the United States men’s national team in the next World Cup cycle. According to Reuters, CONCACAF are close to agreeing to a new ‘League of Nations’ competition for national teams in the North and Central America and the Caribbean regions. The idea is set to be agreed upon this weekend at the CONCACAF congress in Aruba.
Assuming this plan comes to fruition, it would effectively eliminate the vast majority of friendly dates between the U.S. and other federations such as UEFA, CONMEBOL, and AFC.