With Donald Trump threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal from China, Nicaragua has changed its constitution to let the regime of Daniel Ortega grant a concession to a company or consortium to build an interoceanic canal,

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump doubled down on his assertion that China runs the Panama Canal. "China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama and we're taking it back,

The Americans dispatched Venezuela 3-1, with three players each getting their first national team goals. Now they face a Costa Rican side playing for the first time since being eliminated from the CONCACAF Nations League by Panama back in November — and with a new manager at the helm.

Meanwhile, Costa Rica is dusting off the cobwebs in their first game since last November. In their last outing, Los Ticos fought Panama to a 2-2 draw in the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals, only to fall 3-2 on aggregate.

It's good defending practice for the USMNT but they'll want to get the attack going to ease some of the pressure. DeJuan Jones is showing that he can get forward with ease but Costa Rica is also pressing as this won't be an easy team to break down under Miguel Herrera.