10 players from Jamaican club denied entry to US

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cddnlp5g8rro

Ten players from Jamaican side Mount Pleasant have been denied a visa to enter the United States for Wednesday's Concacaf Champions Cup tie against LA Galaxy.

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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 33 pts · 165d (1 reply)

The US will win the next world cup. One way or another. 

Concave1142@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 165d

Hard to lose a game when you're the only one playing.

Chough@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 165d

This is not a good sign for the world cup.

azimir@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 165d (2 replies)

This FIFA event might be the US version of the 1936 Olympics.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk · -2 pts · 165d (1 reply)

Its CONCACAF not FIFA.

criticon@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 165d

A CONCACAF event is a FIFA event

njm1314@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 165d

Well if the US won't allow them to play then it seems the US team should have to Forfeit.

simulacra_procession@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 165d

US playing the diplomatic equivalent of the Samurai Champloo baseball episode

Drusas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 165d (1 reply)

It amazes me that there are still people who are not white, native English-speakers coming to this country (or trying to). Just don't.

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 165d

well, there are groups like Latino's for Trump and Ethiopians for Trump, so....

it's why /c/LeopardsAteMyFace exists

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d

While I don't fault the Galaxy players for this, their owner is a Trumper who deserves to have the game forfeited.

No, I'm not incredibly biased against the Galaxy.