Calls are growing on social media for international soccer fans to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Our government is currently murdering citizens and disappearing brown people. Literally, why would anybody come here. My advice to everybody is that it’s not worth the risk.
I can’t imagine why the average football fan would risk going to the USA from another country right now. Even if they’re straight, white, Christian males.
Go to Mexico or Canada sure. But a fascist country with a stated goal of ethnic cleansing?
You’re over-estimating the intelligence and political engagement of the average football fan.
I didn’t think footballs were capable of either?
Oops.
I mean they were probably equivalent anyway, so I think you were okay.
Of course, where do you think Poland ball came from?
Especially those who can afford to go to the World Cup.
My FILs pal is spending over £100,000 to take him and his 3 pals.
That’s a lot of money to spend on a trip that ends at an El Salvador concentration camp.
He’s a billionaire he’s more likely going to be paying to hunt prisoners from El Salvador for sport if we’re being honest.
Fair point.
Man see ball. Man see Mbappé kick ball good. Man drink beer.
Obsessive fans wait 4 years for this, and the last World Cup showed that those idiots will spend thousands to visit your country, even if it’s doing some terrible things.
I’d forgotten about that one. Yeah. Wow.
Please let at least the English fans go, they’re lovely.
Most games, including the finals, are hosted in the USA. This just won’t happen.
American here. Don’t come see us right now. Our place is a fucking mess and we really need to clean up, and it’s gonna be a long, long time before we’re ready for visitors.
Our transportation will be fucked as well
Indeed
If people watched the Qatar World Cup where they literally killed thousands of slaves to build the soccer stadiums, only to say that the US is too bad for them to deal with… You know things are getting rough.
Didn’t watch Qatar either. Breaks my heart a little more every time I think about all the shit FIFA is endorsing, because I used to love watching world cups, but the more I become aware of the sheer corruption around it, the more it taints those sweet memories with a bitter aftertaste.
Why the fuck does greed have to ruin everything.
I did not just very purposefully refrained from watching Qatar, I actually started boycotting sponsors - such as Coca Cola - from then onward.
Mind you, thanks to Trump since I’ve expanded that boycott to cover all American products and companies.
Capitalism
Ain’t that the ugly fucking truth
There was no greed or corruption before capitalism.
Yes, there was, but it wasn’t ruining everything.
Yeah, feudalism was dandy, communism a utopia and theocracies a paradise on earth.
Now, you can add capitalism to that list. IDK, maybe not come back to a monarchy? But, that’s for Americans to decide, or, at least that’s my opinion.
Those are not exclusive. Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, etc… are all constitutional monarchies with a (social) capitalist economic system.
Didn’t watch either but honestly most people don’t care enough to stomach even a little pain.
Didn’t watch Qatar either. Neither did majority of football fans. The problem is, that is not why fifa chooses these fucked up nations to host football. If it was about tickets, then it would always be in Europe. This is about power and money.
Neither did majority of football fans
This is unfortunately not true. Qatar had record numbers for attendance and viewership - average attendance was 96.3% of stadium capacity, with 5 billion total viewers worldwide.
There was a tiny dip in numbers for 2018 compared with 2014, but they were still very high.
I don’t think there’s much chance of it being any different next year sadly.
Did you not see the attendances?? 80% of the stadiums in Qatar 90% of the time were fucking white-skirtet saudis… Non of which gave a shit about ball. You can’t rely on those numbers. I am not Saying there wasn’t a lot of tourists. I am pretty sure there was. But I also know they didn’t sell much for danish football fans atleast. Which would had been sold out, if the event was en Europe. Even south Afrika, were sold out by fans.
I don’t follow soccer (can you tell?) so I didn’t know anything about that.
this quote stands out to me:
He’s one of what Qatari authorities say is hundreds — and human rights investigators say is thousands — of World Cup workers who died there.
…if the Qatari authorities are admitting to hundreds of dead workers, you know something is up, because that number is already too high
The teams should boycott.
Begin with Spain and Brazil.and Brazil
Yeah, we should, but money talks :(
I really hope the stadiums are totally empty. We must not repeat the mistakes of the 1936 Olympics. Boycott the world cup and also boycott all their sponsors and advertisers and demand they pull their ads and stop funding FIFA which is a totally corrupt organization.
In a just world, this party would be considered so radioactive it would be Business 101 to lock the door in their face and make sure it’s VERY clear you’d never serve their interests. To deal with them at all should risk being marked a traitor and shunned.
Anybody who identifies with these bullies and thugs needs to have the privilege of watching that little red line plummet in real time.
Or FIFA Russia 2018… (after the Krim annexation.)
No one should come here and it’s not safe for you anyway. Please boycott us.
Boycott ALL international sports events in America or Russia. They don’t deserve the attention or the economic boost.
Since quite a lot of people here wouldn’t watch the games to begin with: check which brands advertise and sponsor the games, boycott those.
Save yourselves, don’t visit America. We may have to live in hell but you don’t have to.
Many cool Americans I knew were so proud and patriotic in the past. Reality has flipped. Stay strong. you live in a place that’s so scary it makes me try to protect myself at the other side on the globe. :( It’s bitter
FIFA is getting a lot of good out of that peace prize.
Good with a capital G.
I would be genuinely shocked if FIFA notices or feels any impact. Qatar was a huge success for them regardless of their country’s issues.
I mean Qatar was not actively attacking locations that were hosting games nor was it actively arresting all foreigners in their country for the crime of being in their country.
Neither will USA for 2 months (I’m guessing). I’m just saying I think soccer fans value soccer much more than they value justice.
But, people have to plan a trip to the US much more than 2 months in advance. If the brownshirts don’t scare them, they still have to consider that they might get refused entry after paying for the flight, ticket car rental (they’ll need one) and hotel.
My guess is that the Trump administration will loosen a lot of things for the duration of the World Cup. We’ll see though.
Feels like you are guessing and hoping a lot, while the event is just months ahead.
I literal said I’m guessing. I wouldn’t say hoping, though. It just feels like something that will happen.
Failing at hosting the World Cup would be a huge embarrassment for Trump. But also, showing the world how much we have turned to authoritarianism would also be something he would do. So I can see it going both ways.
Edit: either way, my point remains. Soccer fans will care more about soccer than about authoritarianism and will happily pay 1000 a ticket in an authoritarian country to see their favorite team compete.
Its not about justice so much as its about how likely they are to get shot in the face, something that I think even soccer fans probably care about. Avoiding the world cup in the US isn’t just about politics, its about personal safety. The US is CONSIDERABLY less safe than Qatar for foreign tourists.
We’ll see what happens. I just don’t think soccer fans will miss out on watching the World Cup.
The ones that end up getting disappeared into camps or murdered will probably miss some games.
That’s a risk they’ll be willing to take.
Yep. If people didn’t boycott for literal slavery and terrible working conditions used to build the stadium in Qatar they won’t boycott the USA.
If People from outsite us seriously are attending this event, I loose all hope in humanity. Attending in Mexico or Canada is fine. But don’t cross any boarders to the usa.
Just like all the events with the Saudis, in Qatar, the Winter Olympics in Russia, etc.
Rich people will attend no matter what.
Not just rich people. The world cup in quatar proved that.
Qatar World Cup could be considered different as it was not being overtly anti tourist even though there were restrictions on them. They were welcoming as opposed to whatever US is trying to do.
Its not about how they treated the guests.
Absolutely
It’s not that I’m boycotting FIFA as much as I’m just not going to the US because I’m not a self-destructive idiot with a death wish.
Don’t boycott the whole thing, just attend events in Canada and Mexico only.
You should always boycott the FIFA World cup
They were/are kissing Trump’s ass enough. Can’t forget the first (and likely only) FIFA Peace Prize, or when the FIFA big-wig let him hold the trophy like some sycophantic Make-a-Wish.
Hold it? He kept it.
Fair. Good idea.
FIFA gave him a peace prize.
Most games, including the finals, are hosted in the USA. This just won’t happen.
World Cup in Mexico and Canada. Kick USA out, they don’t understand Football and will terrorize fans.
Edit: They didn’t stop Nazi Germany to host Olympic games in 1936, it is not too late to stop USA to host World Cup and Olympic games while nazis are in power.
Yeah, we ARE still talking about that disgusting creep, and his sick friend Jeffery, too!
