Twenty-three players from the USL Championship are set for international duty this week, with Tampa Bay Rowdies goalkeeper Jahmali Waite and Louisville City FC midfielder Kevon Lambert hoping to lead Jamaica into its first FIFA World Cup since 1998 as the country competes in the Intercontinental Playoff in Mexico.<\/p>\n
Jamaica will face New Caledonia on Thursday night (11 p.m. ET | FS1 & Peacock) for the chance to advance to face the Democratic Republic of the Congo next Tuesday for a place in this summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
Also in competitive action is New Mexico United\u2019s Zico Bailey, who will try to help the Philippines qualify for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The Philippines faces Tajikstan next Tuesday with Bailey and his teammates needing victory to advance to the AFC Asian Cup for just the second time in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
USL Championship National Team Call-Ups \u2013 March, 2026<\/p>\n
Curacao (2) \u2013 Eloy Room (Miami FC), J\u00fcrgen Locadia (Miami FC)<\/p>\n
Dominican Republic (2) \u2013 Noah Dollenmayer (El Paso Locomotive FC), Edison Azcona (Las Vegas Lights FC)<\/p>\n
Guatemala (1) \u2013 Arquimedes Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez (Loudoun United FC)<\/p>\n
Guyana (1) \u2013 Omari Glasgow (Monterey Bay FC)<\/p>\n
Haiti (3) \u2013 Duke Lacroix (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC), Delentz Pierre (FC Tulsa), Carl Saint\u00e9 (El Paso Locomotive FC)<\/p>\n
Jamaica (2) \u2013 Jahmali Waite (Tampa Bay Rowdies), Kevon Lambert (Louisville City FC)<\/p>\n
Liberia (2) \u2013 Peter Wilson (Oakland Roots SC), Jimmy Farkarlun (El Paso Locomotive FC)<\/p>\n
Martinique (1) \u2013 Patrick Burner (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC)<\/p>\n
Philippines (1) \u2013 Zico Bailey (New Mexico United)<\/p>\n
Puerto Rico (4) \u2013 Nicolas Cardona (El Paso Locomotive FC), Steven Echevarria (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC), Gerald Diaz (Miami FC), Jaden Servania (Brooklyn FC)<\/p>\n
Rwanda (2) \u2013 Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion FC), Jojea Kwizera (Rhode Island FC)<\/p>\n
Sierra Leone (1) \u2013 Emmanuel Samadia (Hartford Athletic)<\/p>\n
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1) \u2013 Oalex Anderson (Las Vegas Lights FC)<\/p>\n
Quick Hits<\/p>\n
– The Charleston Battery set a new season-high for shots in a game this season with 28 shots against Birmingham Legion FC in its 3-2 comeback victory at Patriots Point. The combined 40 shots between the Battery and Legion were joined in logging the most combined shots in a game this season by Indy Eleven and Detroit City FC on Saturday night at Michael A. Carroll Stadium.<\/p>\n
– Sacramento Republic FC\u2019s Danny Vitiello posted his seventh penalty kick save in the USL Championship regular season on Saturday night against Monterey Bay FC, moving to 7 of 22 for his career facing penalties. Vitiello is now only one penalty save from equaling the league\u2019s all-time record of eight stops held by Jeff Caldwell, who saved 8 of 20 penalty kicks he faced during his career.<\/p>\n
– San Antonio FC\u2019s Mitchell Taintor moved into the top five in league history in regular season minutes as he reached 22,248 minutes for his career, passing former Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC star Kenardo Forbes. Four of the top five players in minutes played are currently active in the league, with No. 1 Sean Totsch (24,420), No. 2 Aodhan Quinn (24,378) and No. 4 Phanuel Kavita (22,594) also in the group.<\/p>\n
– Tampa Bay Rowdies forward Evan Conway\u2019s late goal against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC saw him extend his scoring streak to four consecutive regular season appearances. Conway found the net in each of his final three regular season appearances for North Carolina FC to conclude the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
– San Antonio FC defender Danny Barbir\u2019s game-winning goal in his side\u2019s 1-0 victory against New Mexico United was his first goal in the USL Championship since September 23, 2023 when he scored for Oakland Roots SC against Monterey Bay FC. Barbir has seven career goals in the league overall.<\/p>\n
– The Charleston Battery\u2019s Miguel Berry equaled this season\u2019s single-game high with nine shots against Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday night at Patriots Point. Rhode Island FC\u2019s Leo Afonso also recorded nine shots in his side\u2019s contest against Sporting Club Jacksonville on March 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twenty-three players from the USL Championship are set for international duty this week, with Tampa Bay Rowdies goalkeeper…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-205779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}