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Ahead of U.S.-Iran, Tough Questions and Two Teams Feeling the Heat

Related Topics: Gregg Berhalter, Tyler Adams

U.S. Soccer angered Iran by posting a doctored Iranian flag on social media. The American players and their coach said they had nothing to do with it.

A reporter corrected the United States captain Tyler Adams at a news conference on Monday, accusing him of mispronouncing Iran’s name.Credit...Georgi Licovski/EPA, via Shutterstock

DOHA, Qatar — The news conference was ostensibly about a soccer game, but the match was the last thing on the mind of the Iranian reporter as he rose to speak. Gripping the microphone, he set aside his question and instead started with a scolding.