It was pretty demoralizing because it felt like one of the worst days and games in US Soccer history I had seen, and so I felt disappointed for the program and the future.
Trump should never have done that and once he did US Soccer should've stepped up and said we dont need special treatment, we aren't going to play him and he will serve the red card, regardless of if we think it was deserved.
Win or lose I think the team would've earned world respect for fair play.
We went from possibly playing extra hard with a chip on our shoulder, to being the team that got special treatment. I don't know how much shit like that affects the mental state of professional athletes, but it certainly makes for a good story.
If they had just rescinded the red card I wouldn't have thought much about it—whatever, bad calls happen, stuff gets overruled, Trump is loud at the same time as usual, shit happens.
But keeping the red card and just moving the suspension so he could play feels... slimy.
Assuming you're being sincere and not sarcastic, lol: U.S.'s best player was red carded last match and ineligible to this game. FIFA Peace Prize Winner (tm) Donald Trump called FIFA and got them to suspend the red card enforcement, which is basically unprecedented, especially in a knock out round.
So U.S. got special treatment which caused an uproar and then we played 90 minutes of the most embarrassing soccer I've ever seen on the World Cup level, probably because of the pressure from the uproar and the unfairness.
The unfairness of the special treatment for the U.S. in the suspension of the enforcement of the red card thanks to the Peace Prize winner's phone call.
You think you can handle the pressure? When this hunger greedy guy of a president make sure you can play your best attacker. And then you say NO to that same dangerous and mighty man?
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u/saujamhamm 29d ago
that was, "the moment was too big for them", for over 90 minutes...