{"id":404276,"date":"2026-07-19T11:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404276\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:16:09","slug":"world-cup-final-protesters-give-red-cards-to-trump-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404276\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup final protesters give red cards to Trump, FIFA president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Protesters are inviting soccer fans to join them in issuing referee-style red cards during the World Cup<\/a> final.<\/p>\n

A coalition of artists, community organizers and advocacy groups will be handing out tens of thousands of specially designed commemorative red cards to those headed to Sunday\u2019s championship showdown between Argentina and Spain<\/a> at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.<\/p>\n

In addition to the slogan \u201cUnitas Mundi\u201d \u2014 Latin for \u201cunity of the world\u201d \u2014 the mock referee cards direct people to a website<\/a> explaining the coalition\u2019s campaign and invite them to participate in a collective demonstration inside the stadium to denounce FIFA President Gianni Infantino and President Trump.<\/p>\n

The action comes amid increased scrutiny around Infantino and Trump\u2018s relationship. Infantino has announced that Trump will join him at the final to present the trophy to the winner. He also awarded Trump the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize \u2014 created after the U.S. leader was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize \u2014 in December.<\/p>\n

And it was after Trump called Infantino<\/a> to ask for a review of a red card issued to U.S. striker Folarin Balogun that the star forward\u2019s suspension was delayed to allow him to play<\/a> in the next game. The controversial move prompted an international uproar and accusations<\/a> that Infantino has violated established rules around political neutrality.<\/p>\n

FIFA has strict rules prohibiting political messaging on flags, banners and other items displayed by players<\/a> and attendees<\/a> in and around stadiums.<\/p>\n

Organizers of the Final Red Card demonstration are also calling out the Trump administration\u2019s immigration and mass deportation policies<\/a>, which are back in the spotlight<\/a> after three people were killed within a week during separate encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The fatalities include two people who were shot and killed by ICE officers in Houston<\/a> and Maine<\/a> during immigration operations, and another killed in a car crash while fleeing ICE officers in Florida.<\/p>\n

At least 10 people have been killed during the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdowns.<\/p>\n

The coalition behind the campaign includes Contra-ICE, the arts collective that was also a part of the Flags in the Stands Super Bowl action<\/a> that involved the \u201cICE OUT\u201d rally towels. Partner organizations also include Make the Road New Jersey, 50501, People vs the Machines and South Asians for America, according to a press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters are inviting soccer fans to join them in issuing referee-style red cards during the World Cup final.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3705,14145,22342,162204,22508,14,48013,48,52,51,47,50,49,58475,592,6886,96746,20460,1519,1695,162205],"class_list":["post-404276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-campaign","tag-coalition","tag-community-organizer","tag-fifa-president","tag-ice-officer","tag-immigration","tag-infantino","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-people","tag-political-messaging","tag-red-card","tag-rule","tag-trump","tag-trump-administration","tag-world-cup-final-protester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}