Former U.S. soccer player charts a history of sportswashing: RED CARD

"Sportswashing is what happens when politicians try to attach themselves to the good feelings generated by major sports events like The World Cup in an attempt to improve their own image. It’s not something typically associated with North American democracies. But Jules Boykoff, a politics professor, former U.S. Olympic soccer player and author of Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine, says it should be now."

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