team back home and the reference to tyler adams about representing the united states with the history of discrimination. i think, though, that the intensity of that moment in the press conference won t have as big of an impact on the players on the field once the whistle blows. at least the u.s. players have tried to say as much. they are focused on soccer once it starts. tyler adams feels like this is a good iranian team. and so if they haven t focused on the basics of the soccer side of it, then they would be doing a disservice to themselves and to the tournament itselfch. but when you have these types of tensions around a game, it could impact emotion on the field as well. yeah. tyler handles that with such grace at just 23 years old. for those that are not big soccer fans or don t know much about who these players are, one of the added pluses for the u.s. team is this is such a young, strong, healthy team. just from a sports stand point,
singing the national anthem, standing in solidarity with the women in their country, and this game is shrouded in controversy. and it certainly is hard to overlook. but you know, we ve got a fan base here that is really embracing that, and really sort of, as you say, rolling with the punches. we asked them about the severe situation, the sudden reversal by fifa not to sell beer in the stadium and you will find some folks who are really upset about that, and not too happy that they flew all the way over here for that and the majority of people i talked to said look, we came here to support our team, we can drink later, hallie. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. do not miss by the way our spanish language coverage of the world cup on telemundo, and on peacock, if you are into the soccer side of things. nbc news just confirming right as we were coming on the air that russia and iran have gotten to an agreement to make hundreds of drones on russian soil. these are iranian-designed drones,
advanced technology to make the key sports game such as 13 soccer playing more realistically and look even more like the real thing. the video game publisher is now putting pro soccer players in the game. the premiere league got the full 3-d make-over. they set up a special head scanning dome in new york s grand central statement to wacah the likeness of players on the british soccer side. they are going closer and closer to provide something that looks more like a broadcast. sometimes we get technology increases that help that along the way. other times it s incremental steps or processes such as the rig behind us. they use 3-d head scanning technology. the 18 cameras of the 360 degree capture of the athletes. they are hoping the technology creates a more realistic game one that sets apart the console games from the less expensive