Jeff Rueter
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461 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 6 Jul
Jeff Rueter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I wish I could say all 48 teams had that experience.
But Iran has had such a different tournament that that will be a stain on this tournament.
And its record in history is the idea that they were forced to
leave play all their games in the united states but couldn't train in the united states they would have to fly in with kind of a skeletal squad they couldn't bring press officers their full medical staff um because of the the trump's policies on the trump administration's policies on their immigration visas and the tourist visas and their working visas and so they two three hours after the whistle would immediately have to get back on a plane to go to mexico do you know if you have to go back to tijuana tonight
It did.
It did.
And I was so grateful and so touched to tears to see him get that hero's welcome when he did return to Somalia.
Right.
And then draping, you know, the national flag over his shoulders and cheering for him because he had qualified for a World Cup.
Right.
And that's just another case where, you know, people would say, are we supposed to change the laws?
Yes, you have.
Throughout your entire history, you have made it where if you qualify for a World Cup as a player, as a coach, as a staffer, as a journalist, as a referee, doesn't matter who you are.
If you are going...
To a country for World Cup purposes, FIFA has a waiver that they will have and say, this person is here for World Cup purposes.
Like, you know, please respect that they are only here for this sort of purpose.
They will leave at the end of the tournament.
You know, let them in.
He hasn't been posting about it, if so.
But there's been – he has been sending delegates on his behalf.
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