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Visa issues may leave Jamaican club short-handed against LA Galaxy in Champions Cup
- Mount Pleasant, a Jamaican Premier League team, may be without up to 10 players for their match against LA Galaxy due to visa issues.
- Six players from Haiti are among those unable to obtain U.S. visas for the match, according to Jamaican officials.
- The game is still scheduled to proceed on March 8 while the club considers using younger academy players if necessary.
- The match is the first leg of a two-leg round of 16 in the Concacaf Champions Cup, with the second leg in Kingston on March 19.
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Visa issues may leave Jamaican club short-handed against LA Galaxy in Champions Cup
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.
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