Washington, March 10 -- Ten players from Jamaican side Mount Pleasant have been denieda visa to enter the United States for Wednesday's Concacaf Champions Cup tie againstLA Galaxy.

Mount Pleasant, winners of the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, are set to make their ChampionsCup debut against Galaxy at the Dignity Health Sports Park in California.

The Jamaican side have been forced to call up a number of academy players for the fixture, according to BBC sport.

"We don't want to just show up for the game, we want to be able to compete, but we are not being given the opportunity to be at our best," Mount Pleasant sporting director Paul Christie told the Jamaica Observer.

Mount Pleasant's squad includes seven players from the Caribbean island ...