Zambia’s football federation says four of its US-based players have been withdrawn from the squad set to travel to a tournament in China because of US travel restrictions.
The four – Barbra Banda, Rachael Kundananji, Prisca Chilufya and Grace Chanda – will not be able to compete at the Yongchuan International Tournament, an invitational women’s event, “owing to additional travel measures introduced by the new administration in the United States”, Zambia Football Association general secretary Reuben Kamanga said in a statement.
Banda, the team captain, Chanda and Chilufya play for Orlando Pride, and Kundananji was under contract with San Jose-based Bay FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.
US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said last month that the review was continuing and no list had been finalised. It is unclear whether China will be on the list.
