• GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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    17 hours ago

    Why? It has literally nothing to do with politics. Its a trophy from a sport that he doesn’t watch, has never played, and won’t support in the future. The MLS is the most “woke” of the major sports leagues in the United States, so it’s in theory the antithesis of Trump’s agenda. They regularly engage in pride initiatives and imagery, plus encourage globalism at the venues and through broadcasts. Not to mention that this tournament doesn’t/didn’t really draw the full effort from clubs. Teams regularly didn’t play their regular season starting XI and players didn’t display max effort either. Most of them just finished a 32+ week season and played around 40 matches. There’s already labor disputes about the density and duration of the football schedule in Europe and the injuries associated with playing as much as they do. At best, I would guess that players put about 70% of their max effort into these matches considering the issue of heat too.