The U.S. men's national team arrived in Miami ahead of Saturday's match against Haiti despite a nationwide ground stop disrupting air travel on Friday, Nov. 13.
A U.S. Soccer spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the team's flight from Atlanta to Miami had already landed Friday.
The USMNT spent the week at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center just south of Atlanta, flying out on Friday before facing Haiti in the first leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal at Nu Stadium.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced a nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon, citing extraordinary circumstances and safety concerns related to an air traffic control issue.
The rare directive instructs all departing aircraft to remain on the
ground until further notice.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that the issue was related to a "telecommunication outage.”
As of late Friday afternoon, Mullin admitted that it would take "some time" for flights to be up and running as normal.
“This isn’t going to just be be resolved and turned around within the hour,” Mullin said. “This is this is going to take some time. But once again, everybody is safe. Flights are accounted for, and there should be no fear to the public at all.”
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