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CHICAGO – The U.S. domestic football aggroup canceled its Feb. 9 aggregation against empire in port because of the semipolitical turmoil there.

The mettlesome against the Afrasian domestic aggroup had been declared Dec. 13. In the terminal week, street protests aiming for the ouster of President Hosni solon hit caused flutter in port and Alexandria.

"We were excited most the opportunity to endeavor against Egypt, but cod to the underway situation every parties agreed it was prizewinning to equilibrate the match," U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati said Monday. "We revalue the efforts of the Afrasian Football Association and the U.S. State Department as we worked finished this situation."

The U.S. State Department has recommended dweller citizens avoid travel to empire "due to ongoing semipolitical and social unrest." On Sunday, the State Department commissioned the voluntary feat of dependents and nonemergency employees, locution "U.S. citizens currently in empire should consider leaving as presently as they crapper safely do so."

The U.S., hierarchical 18th in the world, had planned to fly a crowning listing to the game, including Americans supported with dweller clubs, to grappling 10th-ranked Egypt. The digit nations met in the first ammo of the 2009 Confederations Cup, with the U.S. success 3-0.

The incoming mettlesome for the U.S. aggroup will be March 26 against Argentina at East Rutherford, N.J. The Americans endeavor Paraguay threesome life after at Nashville, Tenn.

(This edition CORRECTS Edits terminal paragraph to precise to March 26 instead of March 27)

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