Boycotting the World Cup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday

Most US citizens don't care about the World Cup, and so many players, officiates and fans from other places will be stopped at the border even if they try to attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Thousands of Airbnb hosts expecting a World Cup payday are still waiting for guests as a combination of high travel costs, steep ticket prices and restrictive border policies dampen demand.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/no-world-cup-windfall-airbnb-182959654.html

ETTD

[Anonymous]

Hey, if my team makes it to quarter finals, I will start watching. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The US has banned a number of scottish fans from coming, despite their having tickets etc.

They’re called hooligans. In the EU they’re identified with facial recognition and dealt with.

Scotland is in Group C and play their first two games at Boston Stadium. Check out the articles below about Scottish fans, called The Tartan Army.

“Scotland fans call themselves the Tartan Army. They once coordinated getting 200,000 people to Germany for a match, and now they will pack 250 fans into Hennessy's bar near Faneuil Hall before Scotland faces Haiti at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.”

“The Scotland fans plan to celebrate for three hours and then head to the stadium in Foxboro in 12 school buses that have been chartered by the Tartan Army. They will be making a pitstop on the ride, but not for gas.”

"We're heading on down to the stadium with a stop at an off-license to pick up about 4,500 cans of lager to get us through," said Teevan. "I don't know how much will be back there on the way back. Probably not too much."

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/world-cup-scotland-tartan-army-boston-providence-marches/

https://www.boston.com/sports/world-cup/2026/05/06/scotland-world-cup-fans-school-buses/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/scotland-s-tartan-army-shells-out-for-long-awaited-world-cup-return-in-boston?embedded-checkout=true

https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3355854/scotlands-tartan-army-bring-party-return-fifa-world-cup-after-28-years

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26161872.tartan-army-love-fest-unofficial-scotland-world-cup-hq/

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The US has banned a number of scottish fans from coming, despite their having tickets etc.

They’re called hooligans. In the EU they’re identified with facial recognition and dealt with.

Scotland is in Group C and play their first two games at Boston Stadium. Check out the articles below about Scottish fans, called The Tartan Army.

“Scotland fans call themselves the Tartan Army. They once coordinated getting 200,000 people to Germany for a match, and now they will pack 250 fans into Hennessy's bar near Faneuil Hall before Scotland faces Haiti at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.”

“The Scotland fans plan to celebrate for three hours and then head to the stadium in Foxboro in 12 school buses that have been chartered by the Tartan Army. They will be making a pitstop on the ride, but not for gas.”

"We're heading on down to the stadium with a stop at an off-license to pick up about 4,500 cans of lager to get us through," said Teevan. "I don't know how much will be back there on the way back. Probably not too much."

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/world-cup-scotland-tartan-army-boston-providence-marches/

https://www.boston.com/sports/world-cup/2026/05/06/scotland-world-cup-fans-school-buses/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/scotland-s-tartan-army-shells-out-for-long-awaited-world-cup-return-in-boston?embedded-checkout=true

https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3355854/scotlands-tartan-army-bring-party-return-fifa-world-cup-after-28-years

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26161872.tartan-army-love-fest-unofficial-scotland-world-cup-hq/

The folks are called awesome fans in the eyes of normal people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Teams should simply go home.

Players are being held needlessly. Referees are being denied entry. Tickets are flooding the market, hotel bookings are cancelled...this whole thing is adisaster and solely because Trump is a loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Did Mexico and Canada also ban him from entry? Why was he not allowed to referee games in those countries? Something is missing in the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday

Most US citizens don't care about the World Cup, and so many players, officiates and fans from other places will be stopped at the border even if they try to attend.

This would be the perfect time to sneak in and create devastation on the country and on the event. Security is essential and that starts at our borders and our airports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The World Cup should never be hosted in the US again. One and done.

[Anonymous]

Fans from Morocco are not being allowed into the US.

Guess who hosts in 2030? Should the US qualify, what do you suppose will be the retribution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The US has banned a number of scottish fans from coming, despite their having tickets etc.

They’re called hooligans. In the EU they’re identified with facial recognition and dealt with.

Scotland is in Group C and play their first two games at Boston Stadium. Check out the articles below about Scottish fans, called The Tartan Army.

“Scotland fans call themselves the Tartan Army. They once coordinated getting 200,000 people to Germany for a match, and now they will pack 250 fans into Hennessy's bar near Faneuil Hall before Scotland faces Haiti at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.”

“The Scotland fans plan to celebrate for three hours and then head to the stadium in Foxboro in 12 school buses that have been chartered by the Tartan Army. They will be making a pitstop on the ride, but not for gas.”

"We're heading on down to the stadium with a stop at an off-license to pick up about 4,500 cans of lager to get us through," said Teevan. "I don't know how much will be back there on the way back. Probably not too much."

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/world-cup-scotland-tartan-army-boston-providence-marches/

https://www.boston.com/sports/world-cup/2026/05/06/scotland-world-cup-fans-school-buses/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/scotland-s-tartan-army-shells-out-for-long-awaited-world-cup-return-in-boston?embedded-checkout=true

https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3355854/scotlands-tartan-army-bring-party-return-fifa-world-cup-after-28-years

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26161872.tartan-army-love-fest-unofficial-scotland-world-cup-hq/

So, tourism dollars?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Did Mexico and Canada also ban him from entry? Why was he not allowed to referee games in those countries? Something is missing in the story.

The referee needs to attend the training in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Did Mexico and Canada also ban him from entry? Why was he not allowed to referee games in those countries? Something is missing in the story.

The referee needs to attend the training in the US.

Okay thanks. In addition to Trump and company, I blame FIFA. FIFA had a heads up that Trump would pull something like this. All training should have taken place outside of the USA. Greedy bastards did not think one about the players, coaches, international fans, or referees. All they saw was American dollars, that appears kind of elusive right now. There are 180k unsold tix and fans adorn want to deal with Trump’s gestapo.