Published Jul 6, 2026, 5:00 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 2 sources
Unwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps
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T he story of Garrincha’s red card in the 1962 World Cup is the stuff of legend. The Brazilian great was sent off in the semifinals for lashing out at an opponent, but back then, Fifa had no automatic one-match suspension in place. So a disciplinary committee convened the next day to decide his fate for the final. As the story goes, the assistant referee who had the best view of the offense was paid off and disappeared, and the president of Chile, the tournament’s host, put in a call to Fifa, ur