--- description: Both teams are on their way to Cyprus for friendly encounter title: Ukraine-U.S. Soccer Match Still On image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf376cfd4fdbfad05/698683c5d0b6f22812303104/ukraine_us_soccer_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ukraine-U.S. Soccer Match to Kick Off as Planned by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 10:15 AM CUT  Sweden's Markus Rosenberg (R) challenges Ukraine's Yevhen Khacheridi during a soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Kiev in June 2012 Sweden's Markus Rosenberg (R) challenges Ukraine's Yevhen Khacheridi during a soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Kiev in June 2012Darren Staples / Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 10:15 AM CUT Despite troubled times in Ukraine, Wednesday’s friendly soccer match with the U.S. will go ahead, [NBC Sports report.](http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/03/confirmed-ukraine-to-face-us-on-wednesday-after-all/ "undefined") A statement released by U.S. Soccer revealed that both the Ukrainian and American players are on their way to Cyprus, where their match was moved after turmoil broke out in the Eastern European state. Anatoliy Konkov, the national football federation president in Ukraine, originally claimed that the Ukrainians would stay at home, as the team plays “for our people and country.” \[[NBC Sports](http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/03/confirmed-ukraine-to-face-us-on-wednesday-after-all/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12076/ukraine-u-s-soccer-match-to-kick-off-as-planned/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12076/ukraine-u-s-soccer-match-to-kick-off-as-planned/"},"headline":"Ukraine-U.S. Soccer Match to Kick Off as Planned","datePublished":"2014-03-04T10:15:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:33:35.462Z","description":"Both teams are on their way to Cyprus for friendly encounter","url":"https://time.com/12076/ukraine-u-s-soccer-match-to-kick-off-as-planned/","keywords":["Soccer","Ukraine","U.S."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf376cfd4fdbfad05/698683c5d0b6f22812303104/ukraine_us_soccer_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf376cfd4fdbfad05/698683c5d0b6f22812303104/ukraine_us_soccer_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ukraine_us_soccer_0304","caption":"Sweden's Markus Rosenberg (R) challenges Ukraine's Yevhen Khacheridi during a soccer match at Olympic Stadium in Kiev in June 2012","creditText":"Darren Staples / Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12076/ukraine-u-s-soccer-match-to-kick-off-as-planned/","name":"Ukraine-U.S. Soccer Match to Kick Off as Planned"}}]}] ```