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olympic soccer player, jules boykoff. he's the author of the nolynn p and, inside the fight against capitalist micah sports. in los angeles, tokyo, and beyond. so glad to hear tonight there's a lot to go to. but for those who are not familiar with the myriad of controversies in qatar. break down what we need to know. for starters, for talking with iran's incredibly powerful. incredibly moving. those at least put themselves at risk to make an important statement of solidarity with the protesters at home. stephanie, it wasn't the first time that they've done so. the captain of iran's team has spoken out for the families of the paris. and i've said that he supports them, and officer sympathies. also, the all-time leading scorer had an invitation to attend the tournament guitar. but he turned down and said it was in solidarity with the protesters. and so or see what the iran's main soccer team. is there showing the power and possibility of sport when courageous athletes are willing to stand up, take a risk, and user pedestals

here they are to discuss jules boykoff, the author of than olympians inside the fight against haplesstang, just took on beyond. i'm so glad you're here and those that are not familiar with the myriad of controversies in qatar, birkin what we need to know. >> those athletes put themselves at risk to make an important statement of solidarity. and you know wasn't the first time they've done so. they say they support. -- . what we're seeing with the iranian soccer team, they're showing the power and possibility of sport. courageous athletes are standing, up doing the rescue. >> what kind of consequences for doing this? >> you are right to raise it because it is incredibly scary. many of these players play soccer broad. they're definitely under threat, the players are doing. anyways. you know, this is in stark contrast on here. for numerous european soccer teams, they love armband on the shoulders. they're lgbtq people in qatar and worldwide. you can end up in prison for seven years. it is a governing body for soccer, threatened armband. they back down. striking from the road they took. >>

. >> back with us tonight, former professional soccer player, jules boykoff.the author of the olympian's. inside the fight against capitals mega sports and los angeles tokyo and beyond. i'm so glad you're back with us tonight. there's so much at stake for both sides in this game. you break it down for us. >> huge match. historically massive. almost 25 years ago, the u. as faced off against iran in a very different political situation. when tensions with some of the high. but there is an iran, back of the 1998 world cup in france. i actually handed white roses to players on the united states team. as a gesture of peace. iran went on to win that game and there were literally people dancing in the streets of tehran. well fast for today, and others actually people dancing on the streets in the united states. huge victory today. the united states advances to that round of 16 and exceeded many expectations for this extremely young team. >> what is going to happen to these iranian players? they obviously made a huge amount of news when they were protesting, earlier.