Jhex 153 points 3 months ago

and the USA soccer team will be forever known as a whiny bitch that had to run to mommy for a chance to play

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protist 50 points 3 months ago

Did Team USA ask Trump for this? Or did he just do it? It was a horrible look. I wanted so bad to support our team, but Trump ruined it, like he's ruined everything else

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Jhex 38 points 3 months ago

it does not matter, he did it and tarnished the USA team… if the team did not play the carded player they could have saved face but they chose to play him fully

I wanted so bad to support our team, but Trump ruined it, like he's ruined everything else

Agreed… I was cheering for them for being the host and underdogs, but tonight I was happy to see them defeated with ease

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kersploosh 33 points 3 months ago

From what I have found Trump seems to have done it on his own. Balogun had accepted his red card about as gracefully as anyone, even shaking hands with the ref after the match. And the US team had said they would not challenge the call. It looks like everyone was going to just get on with life and move forward.

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Raiderkev 18 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I actually went to the red card match, bought a USA soccer shirt, was super into the world cup. When Trump pulled his bullshit, I actually bet and rooted against the US. Man is the antimidas. Everything he touches turns to shit.

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sudo 10 points 3 months ago

So FIFA supporting literal slavery and it's decades of overt corruption was fine for you to go spend a much of money on tickets and merchandise, enabling and supporting said slavery and corruption...

But trump is a whiny little bitch (when isn't he?) and now things have gone too far for you.

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Raiderkev 9 points 3 months ago

Nobody likes FIFA, everyone likes the world cup. I don't make the rules.

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Bytemeister 5 points 3 months ago

Merdeas touch.

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wheezy 49 points 3 months ago

That's the annoying part of this. Like, even if you're a fan of the USA, if they actually win, it's going to always be a story about Trump.

Also, in defense of the US team, this is absolutely something Trump would just do on his own because he can. But, you're right, no one sees it that way.

This is a guy that put his name next to JFK on a building. He wants to make everything about himself. Knick's game is another example. He's so narcissistic that he doesn't even care how bad this looks the the US team.

He just thinks it makes him look powerful, and, quite honestly, it does. FIFA is who people should be upset with here. You can be upset Trump called. But, holy shit, you should be more upset FIFA just did what they were told.

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Jhex 40 points 3 months ago

The USA team could have saved face and not play Balogun but they did… and no, it does not make trump look powerful because everyone knows fifa is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world

If anyone had hopes for the USA team because they are hosts or because they are underdors or whatever, that's over… now it's just trump's bitch team

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harmbugler 6 points 3 months ago

Yes but can you imagine Trump's reaction if they didn't play Balogun and then lost? He'd whine about it forever. This way he championed a birthright citizen and thankfully Belgium won, saving both teams the acrimony of preceived cheaters winning.

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Jhex 6 points 3 months ago

oh no! jebus forbids anything upsets the orange pedophile turd

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Thebeardedsinglemalt 5 points 3 months ago

He’d whine about it forever.

The 1 thing he does best

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wheezy -5 points 3 months ago

I agree with most of that. But, I'm sorry to be the one to inform you: Corruption is a form of power. The leaders of most other countries aren't getting the same privilege as the leader of the US and host nation would. If you don't acknowledge corruption as a form of power then you're really missing the problem with corruption in the first place.

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Jhex 6 points 3 months ago

Corruption is a form of power

I know this but refuse to celebrate it… therefore in my book, corruption is just trash

The leaders of most other countries aren't getting the same privilege as the leader of the US and host nation would

They probably would, they are just not petty or stupid enough to bother asking… or they would have worked it discretely

If you don't acknowledge corruption as a form of power then you're really missing the problem with corruption in the first place.

Already addressed it

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huppakee 28 points 3 months ago

I'm gonna be so happy when they lose, hope it will be Belgium, otherwise it will be Spain. Even with cheating they can never win both matches.

Edit: just learned US lost 4 - 1, can confirm i am really really happy about it.

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adarza 11 points 3 months ago

i had, again, forgotten all about the world cup. i am also pleased to hear that they got soundly beat.

lord dipshit branded the team--now they're losers, too.

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jdnewmil 4 points 3 months ago

Not "next to"... "above".

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ColeSloth 3 points 3 months ago

I'm a bit out of the loop. What shit did FIFA and Trump do? Got the US team to play?

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scutiger 12 points 3 months ago

One guy got a red card and was basically kicked out of the event, and Trump called the FIFA guy and got him reinstated, then he bragged about doing it like it was a positive.

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ColeSloth 2 points 3 months ago

Sounds about right on the nose for Trump and fifa

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wheezy 10 points 3 months ago

A US player got a red card (meaning kicked out of the game and suspended from playing the following game). Trump called the FIFA president (title? Idk) and suddenly he's allowed to play in the next game.

All this drama and the US still loses 1-4 in the next game. Basically the best outcome at least. The bad taste of Trump influencing FIFA is at least gone. But still pretty fucked FIFA just bowed down to a phone call.

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Evotech 6 points 3 months ago

You mean the same FIFA who inverted a peace price just to suck up to agent 47? Hardly surprising at least

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ColeSloth 2 points 3 months ago

What a bunch of bitches. Wow.

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dharmacurious 18 points 3 months ago

Yeah, as a (maga despising) American who's just beginning to get into soccer, this one... This one stings.

But fucking Cabo Verde! Damn that was something

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Jhex 15 points 3 months ago

But fucking Cabo Verde! Damn that was something

how could you not cheer for such an underdog to make the reigning champs sweat bullets??!!!

it was doubly sweet because Argentinians can always eat a bit of humble pie

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dharmacurious 5 points 3 months ago

I love an underdog story so much. Honestly, I've been barely paying attention, but they really caught my attention and it was so much fucking fun to root for them. Even losing, it's like an 80s movie moral victory thing and it's amazing.

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ZoteTheMighty 9 points 3 months ago

And still lost

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ramble81 3 points 3 months ago

Honestly that’s the sweetest part of it. They run to mommy, gets reinstated like it’ll mean something and then promptly get their asses handed to them. And there’s no room to complain “well we didn’t have X player because of Y”.

They were all there, you had your full team, you still got owned.

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ZoteTheMighty 1 point 3 months ago

I'd like to think that Eric Trump lost a lot of money betting on the game.

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Tollana1234567 1 point 3 months ago

we had quite a few soccer player aspiring to play in europe as thier career while in college, i wonder if most of these people can join european leagues, over usa teams.

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HeyJoe 33 points 3 months ago

And the Trump curse screwed them.

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Prior_Industry 5 points 3 months ago

Today I learned Trump has no sway with Putin, Xi, Little Rocket Man and the football script writers guild.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 4 points 3 months ago

The football script writers guild saw an opportunity for a nice, short subplot.

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet 19 points 3 months ago

What if there were riots to disqualify America? Shit... Sport rioters plus The Antifa...

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some_kind_of_guy 15 points 3 months ago

Not needed, Belgium just gave them a flogging

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Gonzako 9 points 3 months ago

Tho, you can't know wether the goalkeeper didn't simply choose to bet against himself in polymarket. that's the corrosive influence of insider trading.

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skisnow 2 points 3 months ago

Excellent. Can you imagine if the USA had gone on to win the World Cup after that debacle? It would have been the final nail in the coffin for their reputation as a country.

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some_kind_of_guy 18 points 3 months ago

The coffin is nearly all nail at this point

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Tollana1234567 2 points 3 months ago

usa team got trounced by belgium, apparently USA football/soccer isnt that good compared to other countries that are very heavy into football.

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pHr34kY 16 points 3 months ago

I've never seen a trump card played like this before.

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tehn00bi 14 points 3 months ago

I had a good chuckle.

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Honytawk 12 points 3 months ago

And cards were played.

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njm1314 12 points 3 months ago

I love that this guy is a natural born citizen. His parents were both Nigerian, living in London, they were visiting New York and they couldn't fly back because the mother was pregnant so they had to stay and give birth here. Then they returned to London. Which is totally fine nothing wrong with that. It's just funny that Trump went to bat for him like a week after he lost his Supreme Court case arguing that this man should not be an American.

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neoblame 8 points 3 months ago

Fight fire with fire

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NoForwadSlashS 11 points 3 months ago

More like red with orange.

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kboos1 3 points 3 months ago

Touche

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