The Trump phone call that preceded the U.S. World Cup loss

单集文稿 ...

• 00:01

  Good morning.

• 00:06

  The US men's soccer team crashes out of the World Cup.

• 00:09

  The Athletic tells us how a phone call by President Trump overshadowed last night's game.

• 00:13

  The fact that President Trump was involved is crossing a major red line.

• 00:18

  You never want politics influencing the sporting product on the field.

• 00:22

  The looming deadline for more than a million migrants after a Supreme Court ruling

• 00:26

  and a new allegation against Graham Plattner throws his main Senate campaign into doubt.

• 00:32

  It's Tuesday, July 7th.

• 00:33

  I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamit Abbasu.

• 00:35

  This is Apple News Today.

• 00:37

  For the U.S., last night's match started to go wrong right at around nine minutes in.

• 00:50

  The Belgians' early lead spelled trouble for the men's knockout match.

• 01:00

  Hope returned after a stunning free kick from Malik Tillman leveled things, but it quickly turned against the Americans.

• 01:06

  And Belgium scored again and again and again.

• 01:21

  It ended 4-1, a devastating blow to a team with hopes of reaching its first quarterfinal

• 01:26

  since 2002. The U.S. Team had lit up the tournament in the group stages, generating huge enthusiasm around the country.

• 01:33

  But last night's result ultimately kept up a familiar pattern of defeat against higher-ranked opponents

• 01:38

  when it truly mattered.

• 01:40

  But of course, even before a ball had been kicked,

• 01:42

  this had already become the most talked-about match of the tournament.

• 全部文稿