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In the summer of 2026, the USA will partner with Canada and Mexico to host the FIFA World Cup. Join us in calling for a boycott of the USA as a host. #BoycottUSA2026 #Boycott2026WorldCup boycottusa2026.org

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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 16/03/2026
That’s cool. Y’all should do the same for the Trump World Cup.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 11/03/2026
Unfortunate, but not at all unexpected, Iran's sports minister has announced that the country will not compete in the 2026 Men's World Cup, in the wake of the USA's bombing of Iran. We are asking for national teams around the world to condemn this war, and boycott the USA as a host. #NoWarWithIran
theguardian.com
Iran’s sports minister says football team will not play at 2026 World Cup
Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the US killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister has said
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Defector @defector.com · 11/03/2026
Iran plans to boycott World Cup due to FIFA Peace Prize winner's murderous, unprovoked war: defector.com/iran-plans-t...
defector.com
Iran Plans To Boycott World Cup Due To FIFA Peace Prize Winner's Murderous, Unprovoked War | Defector
Iran’s participation in the U.S.-hosted 2026 World Cup promised to be an uncertain, contentious matter even before the U.S. and Israel started raining bombs on Iranian political leaders and…
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 07/03/2026
presidente mundialista
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 07/02/2026
media.tenor.com
a man in a hat is sitting in a crowd and says boo this man boo !
Alt: a man in a hat is sitting in a crowd and says boo this man boo !
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 19/11/2025
While Trump spoke, it appeared as if whenever he wanted to refer to Infantino by his first name - Gianni - the United States president called him "Johnny." It happened repeatedly, with the 79-year-old calling Infantino "Johnny" despite his name being Gianni.
Close up photo of Gianni "Johnny" Infantino looking annoyed and a bit dead inside.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 19/11/2025
Donald Trump repeatedly butchered FIFA president Gianni Infantino's name in an Oval Office meeting, though it is not the first time the president has struggled to pronounced Infantino's name before. – via @irishstar.com
irishstar.com
Donald Trump butchers FIFA president Gianni Infantino's name in meeting
Donald Trump butchers FIFA president Gianni Infantino's name in an Oval Office meeting, though it is not the first time the president has mispronounced Infantino's name before
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 18/11/2025
Infantino has gone out of his way to placate this monster
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 14/11/2025
Who should win the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize? This newly created honor will be awarded by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in December at the World Cup draw. Infantino is widely expected to honor President Donald Trump.
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Trump-tailored ‘Peace Prize’ is one more own goal for FIFA
World Cup governing body once again puts power and profit above all else.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 14/11/2025
The World Cup is supposed to be a soccer celebration, but fans might have second thoughts about visiting the United States if their teams play here.
Thousands demonstrated in Paris in May of 1978 before Argentina's World Cup. (MICHEL CLEMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 14/11/2025
In the USA, raids by masked federal agents are disappearing people, even US citizens, off the streets. Trump has antagonized and targeted co-hosts Canada and Mexico with an unnecessary and harmful tariff and border regime.
Federal agents, including members of ICE, patrol the halls of immigration court in New York City, on July 24. Spencer Platt/Getty Images – via https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/us/icy-roads-immigration-raid-alertsAt a liquor store in British Columbia, Canada, a sign offers a reminder to customers after top-selling U.S.-made products were removed from shelves. (Ethan Cairns / Canadian Press) – via https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-12/tired-of-trumps-aggressions-canadians-fight-back-with-a-boycott
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 14/11/2025
Who should win the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize? This newly created honor will be awarded by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in December at the World Cup draw. Infantino is widely expected to honor President Donald Trump.
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Trump-tailored ‘Peace Prize’ is one more own goal for FIFA
World Cup governing body once again puts power and profit above all else.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 03/09/2025
i think people shouldn’t go
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 21/06/2025
FIFA has shown little regard for player or fan safety in the face of extreme heat risks, and this year’s World Cup (sponsored by the Saudi oil company Aramco) promises to have a significant carbon impact as the lack of public transit in the USA forces players & fans to rely on taxis and air travel.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 21/06/2025
Extreme heat has already been an issue in California, with fans describing conditions as “dangerous” and “horrific” after a FIFA security directive forced them to discard water bottles before entering, wait times of up to 45 minutes to buy water, and crowds at misting stations.
theguardian.com
Club World Cup fans tell of ‘dangerous’ Rose Bowl conditions amid heat and lack of water
Supporters who attended PSG’s noon kick-off against Atlético Madrid have talked of a struggle to access water and feeling unsafe
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 21/06/2025
Meanwhile, Club World Cup matches are still scheduled to continue this week, with noon and 3pm kickoff times in Charlotte, Nashville, and Philadelphia.
JUV v WAC
12:00
Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)

RMA v PAC
15:00
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
AKL v BOC
15:00
GEODIS Park (Nashville)

SLB v BAY
15:00
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 21/06/2025
As we head into this FIFA Club World Cup weekend in the USA, meteorologists are warning of dangerous heat and humidity up and down the east coast. Temperatures will rise through Sunday and could last all week, with a heat index of 43ºC by Monday.
A weather map of the USA for Monday, June 23, showing a heat index above 35°C forecast from Houston to Chicago, and Maine to Florida.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 19/06/2025
Our expectations for FIFA were already low, but goddamn.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 18/06/2025
FIFA and other nations around the world must denounce this xenophobic and isolationist policy, and call on the USA to abandon its plans to ban nearly a quarter of the world from visiting the host nation. We urge fans from around the globe to Boycott the World Cup in solidarity. #BoycottUSA2026
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 18/06/2025
These bans would directly impact World Cup participation among the Confederation of African Football nations, barring fans and supporters from Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon, and Tanzania—all of which are in contention to qualify for a trip to the World Cup.
USA Travel Bans & World Cup Nations Map
Banned: Afghanistan, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Banned WC: Iran
Partial Ban: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan
Partial Ban WC: Venezuela
Proposed Ban: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, South Sudan, Syria, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Proposed Ban WC: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 18/06/2025
A new memo from Marco Rubio & the Trump administration announces plans to add an additional 36 countries to the USA’s travel ban, in addition to the 19 already placed under bans earlier this month. These include Pacific & Caribbean nations, as well as nearly two dozen African & South Asian countries
npr.org
Trump Administration could impose a travel ban on dozens more countries
A State Department memo says dozens of countries have until Wednesday morning to come up with a plan to address some U.S. concerns, or face travel restrictions.
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Los Verdes @losverdesatx.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Abolish ICE!
Abolish ICE
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
The solution is clear. “To hold these bullies accountable, we need the world to stand with us. … If what we’re witnessing is a precursor to the World Cup, then it has never been clearer that a boycott is necessary.” #BoycottUSA2026
To hold these bullies accountable, we need the world to stand with us. No country should send their team to play when the citizens of 12 among them are banned. No person is safe when agents roam the country and its stadiums masked, asking people to show their papers based on the color of their skin. If what we're witnessing is a precursor to the World Cup, then it has never been clearer that a boycott is necessary.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
Infantino has been eager to align himself with the new Trump administration. Squandering the prestige of this global tournament to launder the USA’s backslide into human rights abuses and honoring a dictator.
Fifa, notorious for turning a blind eye to authoritarians, made no attempt to hold this administration accountable. Trump's anti-immigrant policies were known to Infantino when he hailed their "great friendship", even adopting Trump's pet phrase to "make the world great again" because "football - or soccer - unites the world." When asked about the fears around Ice presence at the Club World Cup matches, Infantino said he had "no concerns about anything" except security.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
While ICE threatens to check visas and passports outside stadiums, the USA has issued travel bans for Iran and Venezuela, recently announcing plans to ban visitors from 36 African and Middle Eastern countries, all while engaging in hostile diplomacy on the world stage.
This is consistent with the US's other actions on the world stage, including its withdrawal from the United Nations human rights council, its sanctioning of the international criminal court for issuing arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, its participation in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and its posting of bizarre Al reels to visualize turning the strip into a beach resort. This administration is one that flaunts its white supremacy, ending its refugee and asylum program for everyone
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
FIFA has made no attempt to hide its preference for working with authoritarian nations, partnering with Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and now the USA to co-host the 2026 World Cup.
International sporting events, spectacles of recreation designed to distract people from their day-to-day lives, are cultural and political branding opportunities for their hosts. For authoritarians, they have long been used as a tool to distract from or launder stains of human rights violations and corruption - a practice called "sportswashing". Russia, which has a track record of violent repression and Qatar, notorious for labor rights violations, each paid millions in bribes to be able to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 respectively. "This is a new image of Russia that we now have," Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino, said after the tournament there.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
As the Club World Cup kicks off under the threat of immigration crackdowns, @hebagowayed.bsky.social & @nickocchiuto.bsky.social write in The Guardian about how FIFA corruption has put Trump’s authoritarian agenda front and center.
theguardian.com
Authoritarian-friendly Fifa fest shows why next year’s World Cup must be boycotted | Heba Gowayed and Nicholas Occhiuto
The Club World Cup is being staged across the US as citizens from 12 countries are banned and masked agents demand people’s papers based on the color of their skin
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
Thank you! Reading it now, it's been a busy news day!
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Bayern Munich fans at the Club World Cup held up a banner saying "world football is more poorly governed than before" and "smash FIFA". They are not going out on a limb here. A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 17/06/2025
While this is still a tragedy for the players and fans, the one thing FIFA cares about above all else is money.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post
huffpost.com
FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium
Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 13/06/2025
*ECS, sorry again
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 13/06/2025
Thank you, my mistake. I will delete the re-post. It is a good statement though, and right now we are in the process of talking with supporters groups and soliciting similar statements, so if anyone from the Royal Guard or ESC would like to submit one, we appreciate it.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 12/06/2025
Kein Fussball den Faschisten
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 12/06/2025
It's not going great.
FRONT OFFICE SPORTS
Club World Cup Tickets Plunge: See Messi for $4
Some fans have reportedly been offered free tickets to games, while one student discount for the opener includes five tickets for $20.
BY MARGARET FLEMING
JUN 11, 2025 | 03:24 PM
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 12/06/2025
La migra está agarrando hasta a ciudadanos y residentes.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 12/06/2025
How is anyone supposed to believe Trump or Infantino that visitors from around the world will be safe visiting the USA for the World Cup, when this authoritarian regime is pulling stunts like this in front of FIFA and Telemundo?
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 11/06/2025
It does not seem to be going well for FIFA.
frontofficesports.com
Club World Cup Tickets Plunge: See Messi for $4
Some fans have reportedly been offered free tickets to games, while one student discount for the opener includes five tickets for $20.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 11/06/2025
It’s unclear what business Immigration and Customs Enforcement has providing security for an international sporting event but as we’ve seen in the past, this is an enormous risk to both tourists and citizens alike, and will lead to racial profiling and unlawful detentions.
CBP agents will be attending. United States Customs and Border Protection posted this on social media, “Let the games begin! The first FIFA Club World Cup games start on June 14th in Miami… CBP will be suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.” 

We asked the agency what they meant by that, and they did not respond. 

“The messaging that CBP is using is a bit cryptic, it’s sort of alluding that people should have their paperwork in order to attend the games,” said Thomas Kennedy of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. “It creates an environment where people are less likely to come watch the games because of just sheer intimidation.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will also be at the games. ICE told us they would be there as part of the security team, but they also included a reminder that all non-American citizens need to carry proof of their legal status.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 11/06/2025
A big test this weekend for FIFA’s dealings with the USA, as the Club World Cup kicks off in Miami. Trump’s DHS has confirmed its threat that ICE and CBP will be “suited and booted” at the event and will be interrogating fans about their citizenship.
nbcmiami.com
Questions raised about ICE and CBP agents at Club World Cup games
The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium, with InterMiami playing a team from Egypt. The Department of Homeland Security announced that ICE and CBP personnel would be at the gam...
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 11/06/2025
This isn't true. Please don't post misinformation.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
If you want to celebrate your national team at the 2026 World Cup, tell FIFA: It’s not safe to travel to the USA. Boycott the games here, demand that matches be moved someplace safe from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration crackdowns. #BoycottUSA2026
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
And whatever you do, watch out for the police while you’re in the USA. They’re cowards who might just shoot you in the back for a laugh.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
But make sure you bring enough clothes... Even if you have a 12-month visa, a job, and an apartment in the USA, you still might be denied entry with no explanation and sent home after 30 hours of interrogation with a cancelled visa.
theguardian.com
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
Maybe you travel frequently to the USA, or have family here? Make sure you don’t bring “too many clothes,” or customs enforcement might get belligerent and flag you for extra screening and interrogations about your tattoos, before strip searching you and sending you to prison.
the-independent.com
Australian woman says she was deported after visiting US army husband at Hawaii base
Nicolle Saroukos, 25, of Sydney, says she was held in federal prison overnight before she was deported
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
In Australia, while making your travel plans for a trip to the USA, keep in mind: make sure there are no missing details in your visa application, or you might wind up fingerprinted and spending 24 hours in jail with prison gangs before being deported.
mmamania.com
MMA coach from Australia thrown in U.S. jail over ‘missing detail in visa’
Renato Subotic was on his way to do some MMA training seminars when he claims immigration officers sent him to a federal prison for 24 hours over a minor visa issue.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 10/06/2025
Congratulations to Australia and the Socceroos for securing qualification for the 2026 World Cup. Saudi Arabia came out strong, attacking early with a goal, but Australia rallied from behind and secured the win. Now’s the time to punch your ticket to the 2026 World Cup.
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 09/06/2025
Celebrations for the World Cup have always been loud, chaotic, riotous events (as they should be) that will be covered in "foreign flags" from around the globe. What should supports expect when they come to the USA? Are you ready for the National Guard to crash celebrations for your national team?
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Boycott the World Cup @boycottusa2026.org · 09/06/2025
With the Club World Cup kicking off this weekend, and the 2026 World Cup on the horizon next summer, this authoritarian Trump administration is doubling down on its violent immigration crackdowns and blaming "foreign flags" for the heavy handed national guard deployment in Los Angeles, California.
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