Christian Pulisic's first-half goal was enough to get the U.S. through to the next phase of the World Cup.
DOHA, Qatar — The sides were clear the last time Iran and the United States played in a World Cup.
It was 1998, 20 years after the overthrow of the U.S.-backed government in Iran, and America was still the “Great Satan.” To beat the USMNT was to strike a blow for national pride, and if there were any conflicted feelings over whether Team Melli represented the people of Iran or was a tool of its theocratic government, they could be left for another day., the protests that have inflamed Iran engulfing the team at the World Cup.
“It’s going to be a lot less about US-Iran tensions and more about Iran-Iran tensions,” said Kristin Diwan, a senior scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, D.C.England and Wales face off in the other Group B matchup. Wales is not technically eliminated from the knockout round just yet, but they will need a win and help from the USA-Iran game.
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