{
  "id": 19631220,
  "title": "US withdraw from U17 World Cup in Qatar over security concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/us-withdraw-from-u17-world-cup-in-qatar-over-security-concerns",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T09:18:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-withdraw-u17-world-cup-091840736.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Soccer federation has pulled its youth national team out of the upcoming men's under-17 World Cup in Qatar over security concerns, broadcaster ESPN said on Wednesday evening. ESPN said it obtained a letter sent to the players and that it also received confirmation from US Soccer that the team won't participate in the tournament which starts on November 19.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "USA withdraw from U17 World Cup over armed conflict risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/usa-withdraw-from-u17-world-cup-over-armed-conflict-risk",
        "published": "2026-11-12T07:44:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}