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Clubs can stop players from going to South American World Cup qualifiers | ESPN
FIFA has carried over some international window exemptions for teams with CONMEBOL players who would be facing lengthy quarantines if they travel for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers. We’re leading with this because for D.C. United, this could be a very important decision. If Edison Flores and Yordy Reyna join up with Peru, and if Junior Moreno heads down to play for Venezuela, the Black-and-Red would have a maximum of 20 players available to deal with a stretch where they’d be playing five games in 18 days.