Foreigners not coming, FIFA World CLUB Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says "booted" Agents Will Be At Stadium.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/17/suited-and-jack-booted/

Foreigners would be foolish to come here. And they know it:

Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead of next year’s North American World Cup, were already lackluster when, last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection bragged online about how its agents would be “suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.”

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A whole lot of soccer fans in America are Latino and foreign born. Why would they attend something like this with ICE and CBP saying they are “suited and booted up” for the event?

CBP took down the statement but obviously word got around.

Foreigners are not safe in this country even if they are perfectly legal. Check this out:

An Australian man who attended Columbia University and was returning to the United States for a holiday says he was detained and questioned for 12 hours by American border officials about his involvement in pro-Palestine activity on campus, before being deported.

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Turns out authoritarianism can be bad for business.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fifa-club-world-cup-ticket-prices-dhs_n_68505826e4b043333688af81

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.

[RockRaven]

1. Please, everyone, stay away. Americans included.

Make the World Cup an "Everything Trump Touches Dies" example.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[Renew Deal]

8. If I can get World Cup tickets, I will

Especially for the US or the knockout rounds

[Deuxcents]

2. Change the venue to a welcoming country

[FakeNoose]

3. I believe that many of us DUers predicted this would happen

FIFA World Cup is taking a huge bath on this season's events. I'm sure they will NEVER come to the US again ever!

[Renew Deal]

9. Does anyone really care about the club World Cup?

It’s basically a meaningless title.

[brush]

4. Also it's too late for another country to step in to host the FIFA World Cup...

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slated for LA next year. No one with any sense will attend.

Chalk up another disaster for trump 2.0.

[BidenRocks]

12. Besides the games in Mexico and

Canada.
I think they can handle our games.
I called this and cancelling the Olympics long ago.
The usa is not safe and is not to be trusted.
We aren't friendly anymore either.
Just constant anger.

I would like to Zidane, chump!

[brush]

13. "I would like to Zidane, chump!" Nice touch.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Once again, this story is about the Club World Cup, which is in its first ever run

And not about the actual World Cup, which is next year and for which tickets aren't even on sale yet.

Pretty much nobody cares about the Club World Cup, which is completely new. I don't know if the ticket sales for the Club World Cup could be used to predict anything about the actual World Cup, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about this story. These Club World Cup matches are practically exhibition games.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

10. I have no idea what the difference,,, don't watch any way

[Prairie Gates]

11. Yes, it's clear from the OP that you have no idea what any of this is about

I'm trying to clear it up for others who might be confused and care about being right.

[AZJonnie]

6. Club World Cup is not the World Cup

Your headline is misleading.