USMNT captain Tyler Adams handled some tough questions from an Iranian reporter during a recent press conference at the Qatar World Cup. Rick Strom breaks it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!
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36 Comments
That young man held himself extremely Well! Against a fool journalist, with an Agenda!
It would've been nice if you let the interview play in its entirety instead of you butting in with your 2 cents.
Instead of asking why Americas enemy's like China, Russia and Iran are using YOUR SIDES TALKING POINTS (THE REGRESSIVE LEFT) TO DISCREDIT AND DEMORALISE US, YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON THE sectarian identity terrorism.
Russia, China and Iran thank you for you're service.
Hey america: I don't need my communities(black) profile raised-
I need my communities foundational block raised.
Monetarily, educationally, health-wise & not being the targets of your criminal justice system!🖤🖤🖤
america's greatest investments in its black communities r n drugs, alcohol, unhealthy foods & criminalization. Y would a "friend" invest n something harmful to a friend?"🤔🤔🤔
He better than me 😂 because I would have cuss him out. We stand united on world stage regardless to racism.. Stay your behind in Iran the hard I 😂.
Well handled.
What is happening? This is a fecking football tournament supposedly of the current best football teams in the world.
It wasn't a tough question…it was a loaded question designed to highlight the hypocrisy of the USA on human rights. And rather than making the point while asking a thought provoking question
Here's a question …when was the last time you chastised a foreigner for misprounouncing a proper name?
It's the asking the receiver of said oppression the question as if he has agency in the situation that does it tho.
I like these types of questions being asked to public figures…I just think this was not great journalism.
Also if the black lives matter protests are your frame of reference for a prent day centuries old prob
Tyler doesn't owe this guy an in-depth response to disrespectful ignorance
Come on! Find me an American who is able to either pronounce IRAN or IRAQ? Americans are too insular and get insulted when told! Apparently, for a country that Americans invaded twice, you would think they would at least learn! And even their “troops” don’t know! Mind boggles at stupidity!
Leave it to a white liberal to question a black Americans view on racism. 🙄 to quote the great philosopher Nate Diaz “errbody raciest”.
It's a shame our people have become so desensitized to a member of the media ACTUALLY ASKING A SUBSTANITIVE QUESTION (whether we like the question or not is whatever).
We ha e become that routinely accustomed to narrative propaganda.
Fix your own country before trying to fix others
Which ever country you are in you should abide by their laws
iran to American kid: you live in an unjust society. iran to it's own women: cover up and forget about going anywhere, let alone drive yourself there. and stay out of school. and if you protest your family dies.
Idk what the big deal is with pronouncing that wrong lmao. That sounds like us calling our country America, then they say “its pronounced the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
What a gently answer I respect you
As an Iranian-American who was born in Iran and grew up in California, I think the USMNT captain handled that pathetic regime propagandist masterfully!! 👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you TYT Sports for shining a light on #IranRevolution2022 and for giving my people a voice, from the beginning! You’ve been there from day 1, Rick, God bless you 🙏🏽 #WomanLifeFreedom #FreeIran
“ Police flooded with White suprematist. “ false and biased.
If you’re wondering where we’ve made progress, then I ask YOU this: where have you been?! We’ve made huge strides. Our government may be lagging, but on a societal level? Huge bounds. If you can’t or refuse to acknowledge that, then I argue that you are part of a different contingency holding us back.
This is a bunch of Liberal Horse Shit
I am so proud of this young man and our US Soccer team!!! ⚽️
It is all about money, rights, equality, freedoms, liberty and all the other stuff comes second to profit.
Removing Allah from the Iranian flag was a huge mistake from the US soccer federation. I can not help but feel it may have been purposeful Islamophobia.
Why are Pacific Islander killings so damn high?
If anyone expects humans to immediately solve all the problems that humans have and create, then they're not taking into account basic human nature. Basic human nature has not changed in literally thousands of years. The U.S. isn't as racist as some would believe or state. Can we do better? You bet. But we're also a lot less racist than say, China, Russia, all of Europe, Japan, Iran, etc… And be careful of the data points you use to back up your argument. Those can be misleading too. The data point presented in the video that showed the number of ALL people killed by police (regardless of color) is per 1 MILLION over a 9 year span. Those numbers are very, very, very low. A better question to ask is why are people NOT white killed more often by police? Could it be that those people break the law more often or commit more violent crime than white people? Or should it just be marked down to racism? I don't know, but it seems that would be a very interesting data point to consider. Especially when law enforcement is involved.
It was a good question but a poor answer. Should have said “We have protests all the time in the US, and it is a right. So we are doing here, exactly what we our doing at home. Why should you be excluded from human rights scrutiny? You should only feel disrespected if you are innocent, which in the world’s view, you are not.”
What a stupid question. There might be discrimination against black people but it's not illegal like homosexuality is in Qatar. Journalist framed this like Qatar is merely guilty of discrimination. They're not. They literally KILL people because they don't wear the right headgear or prefer their own sex. Let's not forget about the worker's conditions that built the stadiums for this tournament either.
You’re right, people do see things differently. Case in point, you said that people are criticizing the Iranian reporter b/c he was asking inappropriately “tough questions”.
I see it completely different. His questions weren’t tough at all, they were just blatantly hypocritical & he’s being criticized b/c of not only how discriminatory his own country is when it comes to women; but, even more so, how brutal their punishment is to those who commit even the slightest of (what they consider to be) offenses.
It was a rude question asked by a reporter who was paid to ask it…(the Islamic regime (IR) has 23 TV and radio stations all over the world to glorify it-a part of the IR propaganda strategy)…but the question was answered masterfully and without expressing anger…captain Adams is young and appeared to be a little inexperienced in taking questions in these types of Press Conferences which are politically motivated… Instead of addressing the question, an experienced captain would remind the journalist, "…Have you asked the Iranian squad if they are pleased to play for a dictatorship that has killed 450 demonstrators, 52 of them children…in less than 10 weeks?"…Nevertheless, his forthright response was Excellent and Masterly….
The US has to stick its hypocritical noise into every countries business and act like some "moral" authority while ignoring or downplaying our crimes. Our actions will probably only make the Iranian question the protesters as American proxies.
How is this guy a journalist??
Tyler did an amazing job with this stupid question.
He handled this beautifully. With humility & diplomacy. Well done, lad 👍🏽
Questions were ok. Answers was weak but ok. I must say that your little comment about the guys name Volker Turk was totally unnecessary!
Yes “soccer” is a rich white males sport
My question for though, is, what did you expect him to say? Did you want him to call out all the bullet points you did? He is the Captain of the USMNT, and was expecting questions about the upcoming match, not expecting questions that he got. He handled them with grace and was able to navigate what was effectively an ambush. by that journalist. You should not expect Tyler Adams to provide a grievance list against his country while he and the team are preparing to compete in the world cup.