USA v Iran: The historic 2000 friendly match planned to bring countries together
USA v Iran: The historic 2000 friendly match planned to bring countries together By Mani DjazmiBBC Sport 15 December 202015 December 2020.From the section Football 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 t...
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