The captain of the US national team has become a beloved figure in his country’s soccer scene.
The press conference with the US national team’s coach and captain, held the day before their match against our national team, was disrupted by notorious journalists from Iran’s state media. Their inappropriate and non-sport-related questions caused dissatisfaction and anger among the other journalists present and visibly embarrassed the Americans.
Tyler Adams, the young captain of the US national soccer team, faced with the insulting questions from the Iranian journalist, responded with surprising calmness and grace. Particularly, the pseudo-journalist’s question about the civil rights situation of African Americans in the US, especially while civil protests are ongoing in Iran and images of Mahsa Amini have become a constant presence among many Iranian spectators in Qatar stadiums, astonished those present.
Now, the 23-year-old captain of the US team is receiving widespread praise in his country’s media for maintaining his composure and responding with dignity to the Iranian pseudo-journalist. On Wednesday, in his first television interview after the game with Iran, he commended the high quality of Iranian players and our national team’s play, and promised his compatriots that they would do everything possible to win against the Netherlands.