NEW: 🎰 FIFA was in advanced talks with venues in Vegas to host World Cup draw 🫡 But Trump admin insisted on Kennedy Center in DC - a venue he is now chairing & shaping - & Infantino fell into line, despite numerous FIFA officials preferring Vegas option www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
These 2 deserve each other. #boycottWC26
Washington DC is under military occupation and they’re building prisons for foreigners. “Welcome FIFA”
I won't be watching a single game
Boycott!
Who is going to USA anyway with possibility of ending in Gitmo, Alligator Alcatraz etc?
Infantino does whatever lines his pocket
That ass licker Infantino even gave 🍊PRIC (Pedo Rapist In Chief) the World Cup trophy! This guy is as corrupt as PRIC!
For those who haven’t followed takeover of Kennedy Center, Trump has removed Biden appointees from previously bipartisan board and installed his own loyalists, calling for an end to “drag shows, wokesters and anti-American propaganda”. www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
😳Vegas talks so advanced U.S. Soccer even planned a conference in Vegas for the week of the World Cup draw, securing event space and sending “save the date” messages. Now pivoting to DC 🏨 MGM in Vegas thousands of hotel rooms for FIFA until mid August www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
Several US host cities unhappy with process by FIFA & venue - they were not consulted. Many preferred less political option of Vegas where they could entertain prospective sponsors for their cities, who are shouldering World Cup costs much more than FIFA www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
It’s going to be an attendance disappointment
Venues in Vegas received generic “thank you, but no thank you” email from FIFA on Friday, hours before announcement, as Infantino went to news briefing where Trump suggested Putin would like to come to the 2026 World Cup. FIFA declined to comment. www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
Football's cancer.
Remember when FIFA used to insist that national FAs were independent from their government? Countries used to be banned from competition if they were seen as a puppet of the government.
2 corrupt men do a dodgy deal, and people act surprised!!!!
Yeah but Trump doesn’t own an hotel in Vegas…
Funny how Nevada voted for Trump
You mean the ‘Trump-Kennedy’ centre as absolutely no one is calling it.
Infantino loves dictators so it absolutely figures.
No one will come here.
Good luck getting a bunch of right wingers to care about soccer
FIFA needs to move those games to Canada. We’re going to have an international incident by treating someone poorly because of some minor visa issue. How can any of the athletes or foreign fans feel comfortable coming to the United States?
This is yet more proof that FIFA is corrupt throughout the organization. I love the game, but hate what FIFA is doing to its reputation.
Boycott the World Cup. Do not come.
Please don't put much faith in FIFA, even more corrupt than Trump.
FIFA has been corrupt for years. This is just business as usual for them.
At the very least, if my team had any people of color, and FIFA is in US, our team wouldn't go. Just not safe for them here. [At the most, I would hope all teams would boycott.]
Treasonous Taco probably thinks he's working with the NFL for the Super bowl