Becca McDermott

Up the Reds. MSc, Sports Management. Irish bred, Philadelphia based. 🇮🇪

[Becca McDermott @beccamcd2]

One cancelled and one rescheduled flight, many near misses, thousands of $$$ saved, and 20 years in the making…. Finally en route to Liverpool for my first match at Anfield 🔴✊ Up the Reds.

[حيدر | Haydar @chronicalihere]

The World Cup will kick off in the United States tomorrow afternoon at the same time that the American military will yet again be committing illegal war crimes against a sovereign foreign state thousands and thousands of miles away. Against a nation participating in the tournament no less.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Big up Ian Wright, Gary Neville, and Roy Keane for calling out what the US is doing to the World Cup. They didn’t shy away and condemned it all, including the decision to ban Omar Artan.

Officials have always had freedom of movement, and FIFA guaranteed it.

[Ste Davies @StevenD1977]

Divocks career has to be one of the oddest ever. Averaging around 1 in 5 everywhere he played, didn’t click at any other club, yet despite not really suiting the way Klopp played he scored a host of the most significant goals of the era, and tortured the blues. Proper cult hero

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

Hosting the World Cup or any Fifa tournament has generally involved a guarantee of freedom of movement for all participating teams and staff. Note how it simply wasn’t an issue at recent World Cups

It is scandalous it has got to this

[Ahmed @Interlsta4life]

This mf is allowed to enter the US but the Somali referee is not.

Make that make sense

[failed @unnamedbutalone]

He is only 33 years old. This is the biggest moment of his career. He’s probably been waiting for it for months.

But who will talk about it? There are 48 teams, hundreds of players, and representatives from all over the world. Who will finally speak up?

[Zito @_Zeets]

FIFA has punished countries before for not granting visas but since Infantino is Trump’s pet, now they’re pretending to be powerless as this administration makes a mockery of the tournament

[Sydney Leroux @sydneyleroux]

This is Omar Abdulkadir Artan. Once a little boy from Somalia who fell in love with the beautiful game. A boy who dared to dream of something so big that most people thought was impossible. But he kept going. Year after year. Match after match and sacrifice after sacrifice. That dream led him to become the FIRST Somali referee ever selected for a FIFA World Cup. Think about that. Out of millions of people. Out of entire countries.
He earned a place on the biggest stage this sport has to offer. Imagine finally getting there. Imagine calling your family. Imagine knowing that every sacrifice was worth it especially when you questioned it. Imagine not just the pride of your own country but countries celebrating you.
Then imagine being told you can’t be there. Football doesn't care where you're from, what language you speak or what flag is on your passport. It doesn’t care about politics. It cares about sacrifice. It cares about the years nobody saw. The early mornings, missed holidays, time away from your family and the moments you can never get back. It cares about what you’ve earned and a place at a World Cup should be decided by what you've given to the game and not where you were born.
The World Cup is supposed to bring the world together and not remind us of the lines that divide us because football is and always will be, for everyone.

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

FIFA confirm Omar Abdulkadir Artan can’t officiate at the World Cup after being denied entry into the United States.

The Somali referee is one of Africa’s most respected officials. Somalia's Ministry of Youth and Sports say Artan travelled with a valid US visa.

Yet Somalia is on a travel ban list introduced by President Trump’s administration.

🗣️ “FIFA is not involved in host country immigration processes, including visa adjudications, and has been informed by authorities that Mr Artan's status will not be changed at present.

“In line with previous FIFA events, a host government ultimately determines who receives a visa and who is admitted into their country.”

[Steven Kelly @SteKelly198586]

The winner in the greatest Liverpool game ever.

No one takes that off you.

[Divock Origi @DivockOrigi]

My purpose in the game is fulfilled ⭐️

I lived out my childhood dreams, played on the biggest stages, won the biggest trophies. Grateful to God for all of it.

To all my fans, the clubs, my teammates and my family: this will forever be ours. Thank you.

The mission is complete. Now I step into my next calling.

More of the journey to come.

Love,

Divock Origi

[LewisFN @LewisFN00]

People underrate the finish you know. Everyone raves about the quick thinking from Bradley, but they never talk about Origi's finish.

[Mike @polobear_88]

15 years since he left, I was 22. Taught me a valuable lesson that all footballers are rat bastards who will break your heart. Never again.

[Ciaran @ps2startupintro]

Me 2 hours into having a Basque manager

[Becca McDermott @beccamcd2]

I love football again

[Gareth Roberts @robbohuyton]

Is right, Andoni lad, that’s me all in 👇

“For me, football is about emotions. About passion.

“I’m quite cool-headed probably, during my life quite rational, I would say. But it’s true that when the game starts, when you have to celebrate a goal, something is inside, no?

“I think this inner energy, you need it as a player, you need it as a supporter, you need it as a coach. No better place than Anfield.”

[Gareth Roberts @robbohuyton]

Is right, Andoni lad, that’s me all in 👇

“For me, football is about emotions. About passion.

“I’m quite cool-headed probably, during my life quite rational, I would say. But it’s true that when the game starts, when you have to celebrate a goal, something is inside, no?

“I think this inner energy, you need it as a player, you need it as a supporter, you need it as a coach. No better place than Anfield.”

[David @FourNaanJeremy]

Don’t think it explains everything we saw last season, but some people have completely overlooked the fact that a lot of the squad (and in particular Ibou) have just gone through the worst year of their lives.

[Henry Jackson @HenryJackson87]

I was as hard on Konate as anyone this season, thought he was dreadful.

But then you hear him discuss the toll on his mental health coping with Jota and his dad dying, and it puts it all into perspective.

How is anyone supposed to perform at the most elite level like that?