{"id":241871,"date":"2026-03-29T07:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241871\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:39:28","slug":"international-duty-ten-lafc-players-join-their-national-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241871\/","title":{"rendered":"International Duty: Ten LAFC Players Join Their National Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the FIFA World Cup just 75 days way, ten members of the Black &amp; Gold have been called up by their national teams during the current FIFA international break (March 23-31).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two of those players \u2013 Son Heung-Min and Mathieu Choini\u00e8re \u2013 are participating in international friendlies to prepare for this summer\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup. Three are training with or playing for national teams that will not compete in the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others have joined their countries\u2019 U-21, U-20, U-19, or U-18, or U-16 squads.<\/p>\n<p>\n      This page will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>\n      SON HEUNG-MIN \u2013 SOUTH KOREA<\/p>\n<p>0-4 vs. Cote D\u2019Ivoire \u2013 March 28 in Milton Keynes, England<br \/>(Son played the final 32 minutes.)<\/p>\n<p>vs. Austria \u2013 March 31 in Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n<p>South Korea will compete in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a> this summer as part of Group A.<\/p>\n<p>\n      MATHIEU CHOINI\u00c8RE \u2013 CANADA<\/p>\n<p>2-2 vs. Iceland \u2013 March 28 in Toronto\u00a0<br \/>(Choini\u00e8re played the first 64 minutes.)<\/p>\n<p>vs. Tunisia &#8211; March 31 in Toronto<\/p>\n<p>Canada will compete in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a> this summer as part of Group B.<\/p>\n<p>\n      NATHAN ORDAZ \u2013 EL SALVADOR<\/p>\n<p>2-2 vs. Dominican Republic &#8211; March 26 in Santiago, D.R.<br \/>(Ordaz scored twice \u2013 62\u2019 and 78\u2019.)<\/p>\n<p>vs. Martinique &#8211; March 29 in Santiago, D.R.<\/p>\n<p>\n      DAVID MART\u00cdNEZ &#8211; VENEZUELA<\/p>\n<p>4-1 Trinidad &amp; Tobago &#8211; March 27 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan<\/p>\n<p>vs. Uzbekistan \u2013 March 30 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan<\/p>\n<p>\n      MATT EVANS \u2013 GUATEMALA<\/p>\n<p>0-7 vs. Algeria \u2013 March 27 in Genova, Italy<br \/>(Evans played the final 23 minutes.)<\/p>\n<p>\n      AMIN BOUDRI \u2013 SWEDEN U-21<\/p>\n<p>2-2 vs. Montenegro U-21 &#8211; March 27 in Bor\u00e5s, Sweden (Euro U-21 Qualification)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>vs. Italy U-21 &#8211; March 31 in Bor\u00e5s, Sweden (Euro U-21 Qualification)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      JUDE TERRY \u2013 USA U-18<\/p>\n<p>2-1 vs. Iceland U-18 \u2013 March 26\u00a0(Torneio Internacional De Lisboa in Portugal)<\/p>\n<p>USA U-18\u00a0will also face Morocco and Portugal in this competition.<\/p>\n<p>\n      LAFC2:<\/p>\n<p>ETHAN SCALLY (SHUJI MURAMATSU) \u2013 JAPAN U-19\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EMIR PONCIANO \u2013 GUATEMALA U-20\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      LAFC ACADEMY:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LISANDRO TORRES \u2013 MEXICO U-16\u00a0<br \/>(Montaigu Tournament &#8211; Vend\u00e9e, France \u2013 March 30-April 6)<\/p>\n<p>LAFC returns to action on Saturday, April 4, when Orlando City visits BMO Stadium for an MLS regular-season match scheduled for 6:30 p.m. PT. All MLS matches are broadcast live on Apple TV, with local radio coverage on ESPN LA 710 AM, the ESPN LA app, KFWB La Mera Mera 980 AM (Spanish), and K-Radio 1230 AM (Korean).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the FIFA World Cup just 75 days way, ten members of the Black &amp; Gold have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[108547,17067,108548,108549,108550,42711,48,52,51,47,50,49,42721,108546,22150,10353,100,17064],"class_list":{"0":"post-241871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-amin-boudri","9":"tag-david-martinez","10":"tag-emir-ponciano","11":"tag-ethan-scally","12":"tag-fifa-world-cup-26","13":"tag-jude-terry","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-la-headlines","16":"tag-la-news","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","19":"tag-los-angeles-news","20":"tag-mathieu-choiniere","21":"tag-matthew-evans","22":"tag-nathan-ordaz","23":"tag-national-team","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-son-heung-min"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}