The U.S. Soccer Federation is changing things up by canceling the January camp in 2025, and they’re gonna start it back up in December 2026. They made this change to match up better with other countries schedules and help players do better before the 2026 World Cup with Mauricio Pochettino in charge.
- There won’t be no January camp in 2025, but it’ll come back in December 2026.
- This matches up with getting ready for the 2026 World Cup under Mauricio Pochettino.
- Oguchi Onyewu says matching international schedules is going to help a lot.
U.S. Soccer’s Big Change
U.S. Soccer made a pretty big move when they decided to skip the January camp in 2025 which has been like a regular thing forever. The camp’s coming back in December 2026 to match up with how other countries do things. Oguchi Onyewu who’s the USSF VP of Sporting, says this is really good for letting players rest and recover good while the team gets ready for the 2026 World Cup with head coach Mauricio Pochettino leading them.
U.S. Soccer will not hold a January camp this year.
The annual exercise will return in December 2026, with future camps likely to be held in the same month going forward.
The reasoning, quotes from USSF VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu and more inside: https://t.co/BJCS4kDD1C
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October 24, 2025
Making USMNT Better
Mauricio Pochettino, who likes his teams to keep the ball a lot has been running the USMNT since September 2024. He’s trying to make the team work good together for 2026. When you look at who he picked for the October training camp, there’s experienced guys like Christian Pulisic and new talent like Diego Luna which shows he wants to mix old and young players. The team just played against Ecuador and Australia who are going to the World Cup, which gave them good practice for the big tournament.
Changes in MLS
The way U.S. Soccer is doing things is kinda like what’s happening in Major League Soccer. Like how the Vancouver Whitecaps are doing better with coach Jesper Sørensen showing how important it is to make smart changes and have players doing good. And then there’s Atlanta United who’s having some problems, which shows you gotta plan good and use your players right. These MLS examples help explain why U.S. Soccer is making these changes while they get ready for big international games.
The U.S. Soccer Federation changing when they do camps and stuff is real important for getting the national team ready to do good in world competitions.
