Overview
- Kickoff is set for Friday, Nov. 14 at 8:30 p.m. local time at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston.
- Coach Tony Popovic’s side is treating the match as a competitive test, with players stressing there is ‘no such thing as a friendly.’
- Venezuela arrive with an interim coach after failing to qualify for the 2026 World Cup and are ranked about 50th following a recent 1-0 loss to Argentina.
- Three Socceroos debutants — goalkeeper Patrick Beach, defender Kai Trewin and midfielder Paul Okon-Engstler — were named to start, with teenager James Overy on the bench.
- A strongly pro-Venezuela crowd is expected, and Australia then meet Colombia in New York on Nov. 18, with broadcast details listed by Network 10 and Paramount+ in Australia.