Eight Atlanta United players received call-ups from their respective national teams for the Nov. 9-17 FIFA window. Miguel Almirón, Júnior Alonso, Paulo DÃaz, Breel Embolo, Alexey Miranchuk, Fafa Picault, Santiago Pita and Cooper Sanchez will all participate with their respective national team camps.
Almirón and Alonso will join Paraguay for friendlies against Singapore on Nov. 13 and Japan on Nov. 17. Almirón has started 75 of his 82 appearances for Paraguay and recorded 12 goals and seven assists since his debut on Sept. 9, 2015. Alonso has started 75 of his 77 appearances and recorded three goals and three assists since his debut Oct. 10, 2013.
DÃaz joins Chile for two friendlies against Colombia on Nov. 13 and Nov. 17. He has made 58 appearances for Chile and recorded one goal since his debut in 2015.
Embolo joins Switzerland, who will play its final two Nations League Group Stage matches during the window, facing Slovenia on Nov. 13 and Scotland on Nov. 16. He has recorded 26 goals and 20 assists in 92 appearances with Switzerland since his debut in 2015. He’s played in three FIFA World Cups, recording a total of four goals and three assists in 14 appearances.
Miranchuk returns to Russia’s National Team for friendlies against Uzbekistan on Nov. 12 and Venezuela on Nov. 17. He has recorded 12 goals and nine assists in 56 appearances with the National Team since his debut in 2015.
Picault joins Haiti for a two-leg matchup with the United States in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League, with the first leg to be played on Nov. 14 in Kingston, Jamaica and the second leg on Nov. 17 in Cincinnati. Picault has recorded two goal and four assists in 20 appearances for Haiti since his debut on June 25, 2023. Â
Pita will join Venezuela’s U-20 National Team for an international training camp in Uzbekistan from Nov. 8-17. The midfielder has made a combined eight appearances for Venezuela’s U-20 and U-20 sides and registered one assist. He previously made seven appearances for the U.S. U-18 and U-19 squads.
Sanchez has been called up to the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team for a training camp at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center from Nov. 9-17, featuring a tournament where the U.S. will take on Japan on Nov. 12, Colombia on Nov. 14 and Paraguay on Nov. 17. All three matches will be streamed on the U.S. Soccer YouTube channel. The U-20 squad qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan this summer with a runner-up finish at the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship. Sanchez has made five appearances for the U.S. U-20s and previously made two appearances for the U.S. U-18s and 10 appearances for the U.S. U-17s, including three appearances at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
