Ferreira, Neal, Tolkin to miss USMNT friendly against Venezuela

Forward Jesús Ferreira and defenders Jalen Neal and John Tolkin have departed the United States men's national team training camp in Ft. Lauderdale and won't be part of the friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica.

January 16, 2025 • 5:48 AM

United Staes men's national team forward Jesús Ferreira and defenders Jalen Neal and John Tolkin left U.S. training camp ahead of Saturday's friendly against Venezuela.

Ferreira will rejoin Seattle to regain fitness, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Wednesday.

Neal has what the USSF called a minor issue and will report to preseason training with Montreal.

Tolkin was allowed to leave for what was called personal reasons and may be transferring from the New York Red Bulls to Germany's Holstein Kiel.

The U.S. team has not decided whether to bring in replacements.

After the match against Venezuela in Ft. Lauderdale, the USMNT will head to Orlando to face Costa Rica on Jan. 22 at Inter&Co Stadium.