Mark Critchley
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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And we're very proud of the team because of that.
This is clearly something, an injustice that they felt they wanted to write out there.
And they did it in such an emphatic way.
I don't think you can really separate the context of what was going on before the game with the game itself.
It's just, you know, this is, the whole thing is just, it's a scandal.
It's outrageous.
The thing is, it's not entirely surprising either.
I mean, Trump's press conference yesterday where he's talking about, he's just admitting to it.
He's just openly admitting to it.
And I think this is like one thing that FIFA themselves possibly didn't anticipate is that, yes, you could, whatever happened, you know, this decision goes this way and people have their suspicions about it.
Whatever happened,
The Trump administration, senior figures in the Republican Party, they were always going to take credit for it because they can be seen to have done this favor, to have helped the U.S.
national team because they believe it helps their support.
That is a hugely uncomfortable position for FIFA to be in.
And I think, you know, as a neutral observer, when the integrity of the competition of the tournament is thrown into question like that, I think a lot of people last night were thinking...
It might be just easier if the US go out and if Balogun doesn't have that much of an impact in the game.
So it happened in the end, but a real sour taste to what I think, you know, a US team that certainly outside of the US had, I wouldn't say won a lot of people over, but people have been impressed by.
Now you're not that sorry to see the back of them because you just didn't want this shadow hanging over the tournament.
Well, they didn't develop Balogun, did they?
And not letting heavily pregnant women on a plane is not a repeatable way of talent development, is it?
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