{"id":54726,"date":"2026-04-18T20:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54726"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:56:18","slug":"iran-puerto-rico-friendly-in-jeopardy-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/18\/iran-puerto-rico-friendly-in-jeopardy-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Puerto Rico friendly in jeopardy [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>A highly anticipated friendly match between Iran and Puerto Rico, slated for June on U.S. soil, is reportedly facing cancellation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Football Federation of Iran had previously confirmed the fixture as part of Team Melli\u2019s preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Amir Ghalenoei is prioritizing optimal readiness for the global tournament, with less than two months until kickoff. This friendly was intended as a key component of that preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicate that the Puerto Rico Football Federation has sent a letter to its Iranian counterparts, requesting a new memorandum of understanding and suggesting the match could be called off. This development casts uncertainty over the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s national team are set to commence their training camps. Domestic league players will join Ghalenoei\u2019s initial sessions, which will run in two stages until May 8. The final pre-World Cup camp is scheduled to begin on May 9, with the team then traveling to Turkey for their last preparation phase abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, A highly anticipated friendly match between Iran and Puerto Rico, slated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":427,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54728,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54726\/revisions\/54728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}