S. and Wales in the World Cup this winter -- every element of team coverage, particularly during such volatile political times, is guaranteed to attract close scrutiny from the regime in Tehran. One Austria-based Iran fan smiled and said, "Everything is fine and totally normal in Iran, " when asked about the possibility of protest from those who had turned out to cheer the arrival of the team bus. Moments later, he returned alone to say he had family in Iran and was too worried to speak to western media, but that "even in small cities, people are protesting right now. "- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U. )When fans were inexplicably allowed into the game, two spectators were marched out of the ground by police midway through the first-half of Iran's 1-0 win.
" Afkari was an Iranian wrestler who was sentenced to death and executed in Sept. 2020 after being charged with murder and organising a protest; Afkari claimed he had been tortured into making a false confession. Voria Ghafouri has not played for Iran since criticizing the country's foreign policy in 2019, while former Iran and Bayern Munich midfielder Ali Karimi, who wore a green wristband in support of an opposition leader during the 2010 World Cup, has used his social media channels in recent days to highlight the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police.
pick up a 1-0 victory. "I just remember being extremely nervous about it and needing to get settled in. It took me about five minutes and then I was good, " said Onalfo. Onalfo went on to feature for the U. at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship and also the 1992 Olympics, however a year later he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease, derailing hopes to play in the 1994 World Cup. "I was a candidate to compete for the '94 team, but then I had cancer. It was one and done. After chemo, I just wasn't the same.
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' I said, 'For what? ' He said, 'For the national team. ' I thought he was kidding, " said Cayemitte. Weeks later in Miami, slotted in at right-back, Cayemitte came off the bench and put a halt to the Ecuador attack. "I went in and focused on anticipating any of the through-balls. I knew I had the speed to catch their left winger. I wouldn't reach for the ball, so he had to keep cutting back into the center. I went in and did my job, " said a beaming Cayemitte.
com/zBtZG7KmxL— Samindra Kunti (@samindrakunti) September 23, 2022 "It's my opinion that Iranian athletes should not be allowed to compete on the world stage because the Iranian Islamic government uses athletes and sport to portray the country as a normal member of the family of nations, " Sardar Pashaei, a former world wrestling champion and coach of the Iranian wrestling team, who is now based in the USA, told ESPN. "The Islamic Republic has prohibited millions of Iranian women from participating in many sports and has taken away their opportunity to participate in international arenas, " Pashaei said. "Protesting athletes are often imprisoned and even executed, like Navid Afkari.
Miscommunication on the timing of two practice sessions quickly ended Cayemitte's time with the national team. It's hard not for him to look back on those mistakes and think what could have been. "It was my own doing, but looking at the players who were there at the time, I know I could have been the right-back or the supporting right-back for that '86 team... Is it a regret? Yes. But do I blame anybody? No.
There are oddities, too. Otto Decker scored a brace in a 6-3 loss to England in 1953 and never saw the field again for the Americans. Meanwhile, Gordon Burness originally played for Canada and scored in a 6-1 loss to the U. in 1926, before switching to the U. and playing his lone game against -- wait for it -- Canada! - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga and more (U. )The stories of these 207 men in the one-cap club reach far and wide, and ESPN had the opportunity to visit with several of them. They all offered different perspectives on the experience, but they all agreed on one thing: playing at the highest level for their country was the honor of a lifetime.
The game was scheduled to be played behind closed doors -- though fans from both teams were surprisingly allowed into the stadium shortly before kickoff -- at the insistence of the Iranian government. They were reportedly fearful of domestic issues being given a public platform in Europe, to the extent that phone calls and WhatsApp messages to the Iranian Football Federation (IFF), simply seeking information on the team schedule and access to the coach, Carlos Queiroz, went unanswered.
"Mac Cozier, forward: Oct. 16, 1996 vs. PeruOctober 1996 was an interesting time for U. Soccer. A month before World Cup qualifying for France 1998, the core group of men's national team players were on strike. A friendly against Peru in Lima was on the docket, so a group of USMNT players who ordinarily would not have been called got invited to camp. Columbus Crew rookie Mac Cozier was one of them, but he was a bit confused when he showed up at camp. "I was like, 'Where's Eric Wynalda? Where's Tab Ramos? ' We really didn't hear all that was going on at the time, " said Cozier, who is now a math teacher at a high school in Jacksonville, Florida.
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This decision was made by the Iranian FA. "It required the intervention of FIFA, and mediation by Europe-based Iranian journalists, to cause a U-turn on the day of the game. A suggestion that media could attend if they handed over mobile phones before entering the stadium did not materialise, but it was made clear that no interviews with players or Queiroz would be allowed before or after the game. While the urbane Queiroz was welcoming and cooperative with media at the Pyramide Hotel on the outskirts of Vienna on the day before the game, there was a palpable sense of anxiety and paranoia among the Iranian officials who tried to persuade the former Real Madrid coach to cancel his briefing. Given that the football team is one of the few visible elements of a restricted society in Iran -- they face England, the U.
Why it was so hard to see Iran vs. Uruguay, a World Cup warm-up game in AustriaSep 23, 2022Mark OgdenSenior Writer, ESPN FC ST. POLTEN, Austria -- It was supposed to be just a game, nothing more than a World Cup warm-up friendly between Iran and Uruguay in a sleepy town in rural Austria. Perhaps it'd be a perfect opportunity to scout an Iranian team that will face the United States and England in Group B at Qatar 2022 in two months' time. But the reality turned out to be something different. Instead of a regular international fixture, it became an event at the heart of the growing campaign of unrest in Iran surrounding women's rights, and a focal point for a young population demanding change.
Upon arriving in Peru, Cozier was exposed to a completely new soccer atmosphere. "When you're in college, you just go on the bus and nobody knows who you are, but here in this atmosphere, you're with the police, they have their lights on and in the stadium everybody is yelling at you, " said Cozier. Cozier replaced Jean Harbor in the first half and quickly made an impact, having a hand in Dario Brose's equalizer for a 1-1 halftime score. Reality set in duringthe second half, though, and Peru came away with a 4-1 win. "It opened some doors for me that otherwise I would not have had.
It was my responsibility. That said, it was a wonderful moment. "Romain Gall, defender: Nov. 20, 2018 vs. ItalyWhile the dream of a USMNT return is long gone for the aforementioned players, hope remains alive for Romain Gall. To date, the right winger's only national team game came in a 1-0 friendly loss to Italy during the Dave Sarachan era, which was a transitional period after the U. failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. "Getting my first cap against Italy, just being on the field, you have unlimited energy because you're in such a positive space.
I got to go play in Chile for a year and experience that culture. That's when I started learning more about what it means to play soccer and playing for the national team opened that door for me, " said Cozier. David Cayemitte, winger: Dec. 2, 1984 vs. EcuadorThe U. national team has a long history of players with Haitian roots on the team, like 1950 World Cup hero Joe Gaetjens and two-time World Cup player Jozy Altidore. Haiti-born David Cayemitte's time with the USMNT came sandwiched somewhere in the middle, featuring in a 2-2 draw with Ecuador at Miami's Orange Bowl.
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They had a protest placard in support of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in Iran last week after being charged with wearing a headscarf improperly. In the end, a game intended to be about assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a team that will compete in Qatar this November turned out to be the very definition of political football. "The 86 million people of Iran, and especially the young women of Iran, deserve better"For the first time in 43 years, women in Iran are legally allowed to attend men's football games following the lifting of a ban, which dated back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the country barring women from male sporting events. Despite the law change, introduced ahead of Qatar 2022 following pressure from FIFA after women were pepper sprayed outside a World Cup qualifier against Lebanon in March, women must sit separately from men and use female-only entrances when attending games in Iran.
Football has long been a cause of concern for the Iranian government due to the prospect of large crowds protesting against the regime, while prominent footballers have used their status to speak out against the policies of the religious clerics who control the country. In some games since the lifting of the ban, women have held aloft placards in tribute to Sahar Khodayari, who died in 2019 when she set herself on fire after being charged with "openly committing a sinful act by appearing in public with a hijab" and "insulting officials" when caught trying to watch Esteghlal play Al Ain while disguised as a man. Police want to expel protester from the match. #Iran pic. twitter.
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The silence also extended to ESPN and other media outlets being told 24 hours before the game that the IFF, under pressure from the regime in Tehran, would not allow journalists into St. Polten's NV Arena to report on the fixture. "To our greatest discomfort, " the match organisers said via email, "we have to inform you that the entrance to the match Iran vs Uruguay has been denied.
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