iranians are asking the fifa to kick the united states out of the world cup because of that controversy. so iranian journalists actually put the u.s. team captain on the spot in a press yesterday. my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. that being said, there s discrimination everywhere you go. one thing that i have learned, especially from living abroad in the past years and having to 23i9 fit in in different cultures, it s that in the u.s. we re continuing to make progress every single day. reporter: that was tyler adams. he s 23 years old. they were asking hum how he felt living in a country that dim chris names so much because of
disqualified from the games after the team changed iran s flag on its social media accounts for 24 hours to show solidarity with protests for women s rights. it was meant to be a moment. we made the post at the time, all of the other representations of the flag remain consistent, and will continue to. reporter: players and their coach say they have no previous knowledge of the posts. we support the women s rights. always have, always will. that message will remain consistent, and what we re doing as a team is is supporting that while also trying to prepare for the big et game that this squad has had to date. reporter: as a press conference monday and iranian reporter called for u.s. team captain tyler adams to correct his pronunciation of the country s name, and pushed him to address discrimination in the u.s. my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. yeah, that being said, you know,
pronouncing our country s name wrong. our country is named iran. now iran. please, once and for all, let s get this clear. second of all, are you okay to be representing a country that has so much discrimination against black people in its own boarders? my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. yeah, that being said, you know, there s discrimination everywhere you go. cnn sports anchor amanda davies is live in doha. i have to say, amanda, i was so impressed, as were so many others, by tyler adams, how he handled that, how he handled the question and his response about noting racism in america as well as the rest of the world, but also talking about progress he s seeing here at home as well. one of the reasons i guess he s the captain of the team at just 23 years old. what else are you hearing ahead of this important match? and also, talk about what we can expect to see on the field.
country s name wrong. our country is named iran, not iran. please once and for all, let s get this clear. my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. yeah, that being said, there is discrimination everywhere you go. you know, one thing that i ve learned especially from living abroad in the past year and having to fit in different cultures and is simulate into thifrn different culture is that in the u.s. we re continuing to make progress every single day. reporter: so the match kicks off in about two and a half hours time. it is a repeat of the 1998 world cup in france. which iran won 2-1, knocking the united states out of the tournament. the americans have to win tonight. it is win or go home. and they are hoping that history doesn t repeat itself. we ll soon find out. thank you, don. i appreciate it. joining me now espn commentator patrick mcenroe.
lives matter movement over the past few years? are you okay to be representing the u.s., meanwhile there s so much discrimination happening against black people in america? my apologies on the mispronunciation of your country. yeah, that being said, you know, there s discrimination everywhere you go. one thing that i ve learned, especially from living abroad in the past years, and having to fit in in different cultures and kind of assimilate into different cultures is that in the u.s., we are continuing to make progress every single day. growing up, for me, i grew up in a white family with an african american heritage and background as well. i had a little bit of different cultures. i was very easily able to assimilate in different cultures. not everyone has that ease and the ability to do that. obviously, it takes time to understand. through education, it s important, like you just educated me on the pronunciation of your country.