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They were playing well and in the end, the united states, the underdogs in the tournament, but they had a good match and manages to get a draw against wales. i hope they get better results for the next game. and speaking about the controversy, the captains could not wear the one arm arm bands in protests to the human rights violations and to migration, and to corruption. the players wanted to show up respectful of the lgbtq community, but there were some threats of punishment if they wore these arm bands, so they decided not to do it, and that is being part of the intense controversy and the i...

Being who you are. body an opportunity to sit down with an openly gay qatari who actually is living right now in san francisco. he was able to speak freely and had some good perspective to share on what it's really like. let's listen to a little bit of our conversation. >> for the fans themselves that are going to qatar, the message is to honestly watch out for their safety. you need to understand that the concept of the lgbtq community is completely lacking over there. just lgbt visibility would be perceived as a provocative gesture. >> reporter: and then of course there's some contradiction ...

Of the blame on him, of course. >> eamon javers, it is good to see you as always. appreciate it. so more news this afternoon from what's happening off the soccer field over in qatar during the world cup. with the journalist for cbs sports saying he was stopped from going into yesterday's usa/wales match after officials took exception to his rainbow flag t-shirt. he talked with and rea mitchell saying he was finally let in after being detained for the better part of an hour. >> they apologized, fifa apologized. you know, left me wondering about what it's like for qataris who are here outside ...

Abandoning wearing one love arm bands, seen as a gesture of solidarity with marginalized communities and saying the players will not wear the bands out of threat of sanctions. and meagan fitzgerald. so much of the world cup focus is on soccer but in this instance, there is so much more going on beyond the field of play. >> reporter: yes, you're absolutely right. we have been speaking with fans who flew all this way to be a part of this massive event, to kind of get a flavor of what they're feeling and what they're thinking, and look, these fans are paying attention, they understand that this i...

In this game. there are three group games. this is the first of them. a draw is not the worst result for the united states. two games still to come against england and iran, but obviously they would prefer to win it. looks like it being a draw for now. >> great to see team usa back on the field. a lot of the controversy off the field as the captains of several european teams will not be wearing the arm bands that are part of a campaign that promotes inclusion. what can you tell us about that? >> they were all set to. the england team were going to be the first to wear this. the captain was goi...