Argentina move Puerto Rico friendly from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale

VIDEO SHOWS: RECENT COMMENTS FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON CHICAGO ICE PROTESTS/ RECENT FOOTAGE OF ICE PROTESTS IN CHICAGO/ FILE OF ARGENTINA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM TRAINING/ FILE OF CHASE STADIUM SHOWS: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (RECENT – OCTOBER 4, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. CROWD OF PROTESTERS STANDING UNDER LARGE MEXICAN FLAG AND CHANTING AT IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) AGENTS  2. *PROFANITY* PROTESTER CHANTING (English) 'Show your face'/ MASKED AGENTS WITH PROTESTERS HEAD CHANTING (English) 'Fuck Ice' 3. AGENTS MOVING CROWD BACK 4. AGENTS DETAINING AN INDIVIDUAL AS TEARS GAS FILLS THE AIR 5. SMOKE FROM TEARS GAS 6. MASKED AGENTS  BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (RECENT – OCTOBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) 7. ICE AGENTS CLASHING WITH PROTESTERS, FORCING THEM ONTO THE GROUND 8.  PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (English) 'America is nothing without immigrants' IN FRONT OF POLICE OFFICER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (RECENT – OCTOBER 3, 2025) (REUTERS. – access all) 9. POLICE CLASHING WITH ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (RECENT – SEPTEMBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 10. ICE AGENTS FACING CROWD AMID CHANTS OF (English) 'ICE go home' WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 06, 2025) (UNRESTRICTED POOL – ACCESS ALL) 11. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP,  IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH OTHER OFFICIALS AT SIGNING OF EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ALASKA MINING ROAD 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: “[Responding to question about what consequences there would be further attacks on ICE agents] Very severe. We're going to have very severe…  we're going to find out who's going after federal agents. So when you look at Chicago, they've had probably 50 murders in the last six or seven months, eight months. Many, many people shot, like 30, 40, 50 people shot, didn't die, but they've been shot. It's like a war zone. And then I listened to the governor and the mayor get up and say how they have it under control. They don't. It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan. You can go to a lot of different places, and they probably marvel at how much crime we have.” EZEIZA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA (FILE – SEPTEMBER 6, 2025) (AFA HANDOUT – Access all) 13. ARGENTINA CAPTAIN, LIONEL MESSI, RUNNING WARM-UP DRILL AT TRAINING SESSION 14. PLAYERS RUNNING WARM-UPS DRILLS 15. HEAD COACH, LIONEL SCALONI, WATCHING ON 16. GOALKEEPER, EMILIANO 'DIBU' MARTINEZ, TRAINING 17. PLAYERS PLAY FIGHTING EZEIZA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA (FILE – SEPTEMBER 2, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 18. MESSI WITH GROUP OF PLAYERS PASSING THE BALL AROUND 19. PLAYERS JOGGING WITH SCALONI WATCHING ON 20. PLAYERS STRETCHING 21. PLAYERS PASSING BALL BACK AND FORTH IN PAIRS 22. MESSI PASSING BALL BACK AND FORTH 23. PLAYERS PASSING BALL BACK AND FORTH IN PAIRS 24. SCALONI WALKING, MESSI PASSING BALL 25. VARIOUS OF RONDO DRILL 26. MESSI ON THE OUTSIDE DURING RONDO DRILL 27. RONDO DRILL MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE – SEPTEMBER 22, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 28. INTERIOR OF INTER MIAMI'S CHASE STADIUM, THEN NAMED DRV PNK STADIUM, DURING ARGENTINA TRAINING SESSION 29. MESSI RUNNING WARM-UP DRILL 30. RONDO DRILL 31. MESSI DURING RONDO FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE – JUNE 21, 2025) (STATS PERFORM – Access all) 32. VARIOUS OF SIGNAGE OUTSIDE CHASE STADIUM FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE – JUNE 8, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 33. EXTERIOR OF CHASE STADIUM WITH ITS THEN DRV PNK STADIUM STADIUM BRANDING STORY: Argentina's friendly against Puerto Rico in the United States has been relocated from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and rescheduled for Tuesday due to security and logistical concerns, organisers said on Wednesday (October 8). The match, originally set for Monday at Soldier Field, will now take place a day later at Chase Stadium in Florida, home of Argentine captain Lionel Messi's Inter Miami. According to local reports, the change was prompted due to widespread protests in Chicago over U.S. immigration policies, which made it difficult to guarantee the event's security. The switch also gives the option of extending ticket sales and scheduling the match in the evening. Reuters has contacted the Argentine Football Association for comment. World champions Argentina, who have already secured their spot in next year's World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, will also face Venezuela in a friendly on Friday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami as part of their warm-up. (Production: Conal Quinn)

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