FIFA called out the teams for the gesture, turning to its rules that prevent any display of “political, religious, or personal messages or slogans in any language or form on the uniform.” However, there’s likely more to the decision than a rulebook.<\/p>\n
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Qatar is very conservative and has made its stance against same-sex couples known. In the lead-up to the World Cup, representatives from the country made reference to Qatar’s disdain for homosexuality and its condemnation of it as a crime. Sex between two men in the emirate is punishable by up to seven years in prison, according to the US State Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Not even showing support for diversity is welcome. Grant Wahl, a soccer journalist, arrived to watch the US vs. Wales game on Monday but was stopped by security.<\/p>\n
They then escorted him to a private room for interrogation, only releasing him a half-hour later. This was only for the simple fact that he was wearing a shirt with a rainbow on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The FIFA World Cup action continues on its second day Monday. In this Groups stage, Ecuador and England have already secured a win, and Team USA hopes to do the same. Gio Reyna, Joe Scally, and Yunus Musah were 11 years old the last time the US took the field in a World Cup game. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":244396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81883,82966,1074],"tags":[82205,83136,83324],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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