++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    All the hard work US Soccer has put in, to bring the world cup to the US and to raise the quality and status of football/soccer in the country

    All destroyed now, and probably only because he had some bet on the game. No other president, no matter how shitty, would have done this or even accidentally come close.

    We have never been so hated by our own leaders as we are right now.

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      Don’t forget the ICE shitshow that cooled the desire for people to come to the games leading to stadiums and hotels half empty.