{"id":622100,"date":"2026-06-20T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=622100"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:59:52","slug":"seattle-times-mixed-feelings-claim-about-patriotism-during-world-cup-meets-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=622100","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Times \u2018mixed feelings\u2019 claim about patriotism during World Cup meets REALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leave it to The Seattle Times to try to rain on its own city\u2019s parade by grumbling that local fans may have \u201cmixed feelings\u201d about hosting the World Cup and displays of patriotism.<\/p>\n

Lumen Field, which will be called Seattle Stadium during the global soccer tourney, was chosen to host six 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, including Friday\u2019s contest between the United States and Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome Seattle soccer fans have mixed feelings about patriotically backing the U.S. team during the FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup, given the actions of President Donald Trump,\u201d the paper said in a Thursday post to X promoting a screed by columnist Daniel Beekman, which cherry picks negative quotes from fans to make its point.<\/p>\n

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Some Seattle soccer fans have mixed feelings about patriotically backing the U.S. team during the FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup, given the actions of President Donald Trump. https:\/\/t.co\/XooQ8rPjSQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One person quoted in the column was Carey Lefkowitz, a West Seattle marketing consultant, whom the author wrote that it\u2019s hard for him \u201cto imagine enthusiastically cheering against their opponents, because he thinks Trump is tarnishing what it means to be American on the global stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not how I expected to feel,\u201d Lefkowitz said in the weeks before the World Cup kicked off. \u201cI still want the U.S. team to win, but everything that goes with that? I\u2019m conflicted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an American and very proud of the freedoms we have,\u201d Lefkowitz added. \u201cBut I can\u2019t lose my humanity and that\u2019s what I see as happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are questions that many people are pondering in Seattle, an internationally oriented, soccer-impassioned city dominated by Democrats who vehemently disagree with how the Trump administration is running the U.S. and hosting the World Cup,\u201d wrote Beekman, practically weeping into his latte.<\/p>\n

Well, if Seattle-area fans were indeed having \u201cmixed feelings\u201d about the World Cup, they sure didn\u2019t show it as they flocked to Lumen Field in great numbers, with many dressed in red, white and blue, a raucous showing who were treated to Team USA\u00a0\u00a0thumping the Aussies 2-0.<\/p>\n

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Counterpoint: pic.twitter.com\/PpOaWeQoOF<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/dua6ELOD0n<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Meanwhile, Seattle\u2026.<\/p>\n

Our media sucks. https:\/\/t.co\/IeLYGGCs1i<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MyEnLjpSxP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\"\"\ud83d\udd25\" Goosebumps. Thousands of fans proudly sang the Star-Spangled Banner before Team USA took the field against Australia.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what national pride looks like. pic.twitter.com\/8IRwZyt0D9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A man dressed as a bald eagle on another man\u2019s shoulders<\/p>\n

America personified \"\ud83e\udd85\"\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" pic.twitter.com\/itH8ficrSM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The entire Seattle stadium of 70,000 just started singing \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d at the top of their lungs during the US world cup match.pic.twitter.com\/CiDOApu9Fk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TaraBull (@TaraBull) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe are screaming USA from sea to shining sea!\u201d \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" #JameisOnFOX<\/a>@Jaboowins<\/a> is LIVE from Seattle with the @AmericanOutlaws<\/a> ahead of an ENORMOUS FIFA World Cup matchup against Australia pic.twitter.com\/KbJMwD00OH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Vibes are immaculate in Seattle pic.twitter.com\/iVDrtitPbx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Daniel Robertson (@Daniel_Rob27) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt will be interesting to see how liberal Seattle grapples with something like that,\u201d said one person quoted by the sourball Seattle Times.<\/p>\n

Well, now the answer is known, and it was waving flags and chanting USA! USA! USA!<\/p>\n

Home cooking suits Team USA well, now 2-0 and moving on to the knockout stage, as fans can start dreaming of star-spangled glory.<\/p>\n

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Leave it to The Seattle Times to try to rain on its own city\u2019s parade by grumbling that local fans may have \u201cmixed feelings\u201d about hosting the World Cup and displays of patriotism. Lumen Field, which will be called Seattle Stadium during the global soccer tourney, was chosen to host six 2026 FIFA World Cup… Continue reading Seattle Times \u2018mixed feelings\u2019 claim about patriotism during World Cup meets REALITY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":622101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/622101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}