World Cup opening day, Iran draws New Zealand; Cabo Verde holds Spain
Iran v. New Zealand ended around 8pm in Los Angeles. At 10:07pm, Iran players were on a bus bound for the airport, where they'd fly back to Tijuana. World Cup organizers wouldn't let them stay and recover. This is completely unacceptable. FIFA should not be a political wing of the US Government.
Carla Prince ❤️🔥157and this is why I hope Iran make a deeper run in the tournament than the US.
Jack Churchill's Arrow94And the fucking brass neck of Infantino to go into the Iran team's changing room and give them a load of fucking flannel about how proud they should all be...while he does fuck all to ensure they are treated fairly...he makes Berlusconi look humble in comparison.
Womble195879The most racist and discriminatory World Cup ever is happening under Trump of course 😒🤮
jessicamullen.bsky.social78Those players are safer in Mexico.
Sokyle2 🇺🇸 🇰🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇹🇭 🇹🇼 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️51I am embarrassed to be an American right now
foghornleghorn1357.bsky.social43Hey US: If you don't want people here, don't host world events!
As Sparks Fly Upwards30The fix is in. One way or another, non-US teams are going to be hobbled, sabotaged and clipped. Fat Donnie doesn't want to present that trophy to a team who aren't going to leave it in his tiny, bruised mitts.
notrumpnoway.bsky.social21FIFA IS CORRUPT SND ANTI-CLIMATE!
generallygeneric.bsky.social19To be fair, the Iranian players shouldn't want to stay here. I wouldn't put it past Trump's ICE goons to fuck with them. They're safer in Tijuana than the USA. There's a sentence you would have never expected to see 2 years ago...
Burnt2Death12It is indeed 1936 Berlin 😌
Sons of Coachella9... Infantino is following orders from Trump. Consider why he had to give Trump that fake Peace prize award ...
Matato'a Brian 🗿🗿🗿8But FIFA is a tool of every corrupt government to which it has awarded world cups - e.g., Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, USA. All it requires in return is money - preferably by the billions.
Gringo8Shameful. Petty. Ignorant. That’s us. In the eyes of the world.
JoanieP18So instead of showing them American good manners, we showed them stupidity.
TXStranger8They knew what they were getting into when awarding the games to the US under this administration.
Judi G5USA is a fascist state. They should not be allowed to host any international events.
Otis Redfoot5I thought they were a political wing of who ever let them suck money out of people's wallets.
Keith Rawlinson 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺4#FIFA is almost as corrupt as the #EpsteinRegime
Pete H4Fifa has been a political wing for the highest bidder for 20 years now.
Panama Red4I agree with you, but given that FIFA has already given Trump a fake peace prize, I think that train has left the station.
gman8990.bsky.social4🖕the trump regime and fifa🖕
blandydayz.bsky.social4Ummm, they are as corrupt as the current US regime (will not call this nonsense a government) so......
Dona Flaca4FIFA AS CORRUPT AS ITS ALWAYS BEEN. Nothing to see here. 😒
☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🌈🌻💙💛⭐️4The same FIFA that created a fake peace prize to appease an orange evil idiot?
🇨🇦Summer_breeze🇲🇸🇨🇦4All countries should have boycotted this fiasco.
DitDahDahDah3What do we expect? The head of FIFA is in the pocket of trumpf and as big a crook as he is.
CC3Due to visa and political issues, the team relocated its camp from Arizona to Tijuana and has been commuting into the U.S. for matches before returning to Mexico.
KimmRussell3Gianni is in the right front pocket of trump. Trump admitted on his own during a news conference with Gianni Infantino in March 2025, on camera said "They rigged the election, and I became president." Later Gianni gave him a "piece" prize. Complicit and should be investigated.
Kathryn3They’re safer out of the country.
Get off the cross, we need the wood 🤪😀👿🇵🇸3I hate the #USA right now and as for #FIFA... scum, corrupt scum who consort with dictators and mass murderers. This is not what #football #soccer was meant to be.
larryg49.bsky.social3Fuck FIFA and Trump! From an Ashkenazi American Family! Wrong is fucking wrong! Shalom
grimmrad 🧬🎼🖼️🏛️3You mean FIFA? That create a "Peace Prize" for a certain president? THAT FIFA?
Artemis1653What a pathetic disgrace this Trump regime is!
QP-Iain3FIFA seems to become more corrupt with each passing leader. Disgusting organisation.
Trace Taylor & the Creative Educators' Coop3Like I said before— fuck FIFA
Cinders3Absolutely! How ridiculous and simply embarrassing for We the People!
dod-gammit.bsky.social2I'm not expert on this topic but didn't the FIFA leader help in politicizing all this?
Annette Shaffer🇨🇦😷2Are we sure they just didn't want to flee the US before ICE snagged them?
Bruce2It is a (not so) subtle form of cheating
We'll, it's not a fair competition then. Was never going to be.
peteferg2Infantino needs to go. The Trump "peace prize" farrago showed his true colours.
Jim2Not trying to shit on your point, but most away teams leave the city right after their game. I'm talking NFL/MLB/etc. Not sure why the World Cup would be any different with teams returning to their home base right after their game rather than staying in a hotel for the night.
GMA2They should have boycotted to begin with- I feel for them to be treated the way they are - I’m ashamed
welshgirl.bsky.social2Lucky they didn’t make them drive the 2 Hrs down to the Border. That would have been really cruel
emeraldcross.bsky.social2TRUMPF, MILLER, HOMAN AND RUBIO ARE HORRIBLE PEOPLE. THIS IS SO UNACCEPTABLE. WILL THEY DO THE SAME FOR THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS??
⚽️ @jordanuhl.com on Balogun: “1st 🇺🇸 player to score 2 goals in a World Cup game since 1930, he's only a citizen because his pregnant Nigerian mom was barred from a flight home and gave birth in NYC. Trump is trying to end birthright citizenship, which would block stories like his.”
melaniefromsanjose.bsky.social6Doesn’t he have babies with immigrants?
🧡🐕🧡ISLAtheMightyToyFoxTerrier 💛💙🌻🇺🇦🌻💙💛 📎📎2Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the USA Constitution under the 14th Amendment. This player was born on US soil! Under the US Constitution, a baby born even on an airplane flying over US territory is guaranteed US citizenship.
In the category of truly absurd things you can't make up, an Iranian player's US visa has now expired because he was granted only a single-entry despite Iran being compelled to leave the United States after EVERY SINGLE GAME. "Football unites the world," amirite www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
JC in Rothesay 🌲 🇨🇦11I'm starting to think allowing a fascist shithole to host the world cup may have been a bad idea
Mary Shelley’s Fluoxetine11The Cabo Verde GK Vozinha’s mother couldn’t come because of visa issues. Cabo Verde is on the State Department’s pathetic, racist list of restricted countries. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...
legal cat 🐾4Yup, making the Iran team bus to Tijuana after games is insane
The USA forced Iran to fly into the USA on the day of their match with New Zealand and then as soon as the match finished forced them on a plane back to Mexico. Now the USA are saying a bunch of Iran's players including the captain can't come back because their visa's expired.
BladeoftheSun23Silence from Infantino of course, any other country would immediately be disqualified but he does nothing.
Dr Dawson2If there wasn’t so much money involved, and the people in charge not so greedy, all the other countries could just get on planes out of the “land of the fascists” today and leave the US to it.
All four games today ended in a draw, if you’re an American and don’t have World Cup Fever yet, I don’t know what’s wrong with you!
Clue Heywood46Granted we couldn’t even tie Iran today. Zing! Topical political humor! Like and subscribe below!
Dave C2All the games ending in a tie is…good? Make my smooth American 🇺🇸 mind understand please! 🙏
Frisco Kidd2Plus, even Americans with advanced degrees learned today that Cape Verde exists.
overthekill.bsky.social2Wait'll the D'Arriaga- Arriaga II matchup!
OLD CRIED PANTS2Easy joke, but Cape Verde v Spain will go down as one of the greatest matches and was 0-0. I think barrel racing is on CMT as an alternative.
At its first World Cup game in Los Angeles, the Iran national team drew spectators who weren’t coming for the soccer, but rather to protest the regime in Tehran.
Sandra 🗽is abolish ICE!3And what about the violent regime HERE? The U.S. bombed a school & killed over 100 children in Iran! They’re killing immigrants in detention centers and they killed Renee Good & Alex Pretti and there was video. Gtfoh
Mash2A bunch of old monarchists don’t amount to a hill of beans. If they want to be ruled by a monarch they can move to England.
detoxthegop.bsky.social2How much did AIPAC invest in all of this?
