USA v Iran: The historic 2000 friendly match planned to bring countries together
Iran's visit to the United States took place two years after their World Cup group-stage win at France 98 Paris, 11 July 1998. On the eve of the World Cup final, in a first-floor room in a building on the Champs-Elysees, an idea for a football friendly was hatched that would lead to death threats, an FBI decoy and the closure of American airspace./ That night, a media reception by US Soccer to promote the United States' hosting of the 1999 Women's World Cup was in full swing./ As the gentle currents of small talk circulated among suited ...
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