10 players from Jamaican club denied entry to US

Jamaican side Mount Pleasant will be without 10 first-team players for their Champions Cup tie against LA Galaxy after they were denied visas to enter the United States.

Ten players from Jamaican side Mount Pleasant have been denied US entry visas for their CONCACAF Champions Cup clash against Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday. The team is now traveling with an 18-man squad, including five academy players, due to the visa issues.

Mount Pleasant, a team from the Jamaican Premier League, is bracing to be without as many as 10 players on Wednesday when it takes on the LA Galaxy of MLS in a CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup. The reason: Those players, including six from Haiti, were unable to get visas to enter the U.S. for the match.

Mount Pleasant, a team from the Jamaican Premier League, is bracing to be without as many as 10 players on Wednesday when it takes on the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer in a CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup. The reason: Those players, including six from Haiti, were unable to get visas to enter the U.S. for the match.

The State Department has denied visas for members of a Jamaican soccer team scheduled to play the Galaxy on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, raising concerns that the Trump administration could bar players from traveling to the U.S. for this summer’s World Cup as well.

Ten players from Jamaican side Mount Pleasant have been denied a visa to enter the United States for Wednesday's Concacaf Champions Cup tie against LA Galaxy. Mount Pleasant, winners of the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, are set to make their Champions Cup debut against Galaxy at the Dignity Health Sports Park in California.