A worker cuts the grass at the Kino Sports Complex, where Iran's national football team Team Melli will train during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Tucson, Arizona, on May 7, 2026. In the Strait of Hormuz, US warships menace Iran's oil tankers. In Washington, President Donald Trump threatens nothing less than "complete victory" will suffice. But in Tucson, they're getting ready to welcome the Iranian football team as if nothing were amiss. The city, an oasis of manicured lawns in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP via Getty Images)

Ruben Figliamonte, equipment manager for Penarol's youth teams, poses for a photo inside the equipment room at the Penarol youth training complex in Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay, on April 15, 2027. Nestled in a working-class neighborhood of Montevideo, the field where Federico Valverde took his first steps in football at the age of three frames, nearly a quarter of a century later, the dream of a new generation seeking to emulate the tenacious midfielder, a leader of Uruguay at the World Cup. (Photo by Eitan ABRAMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)

Youth players from Club Estudiantes de la Union gather in a circle and take part in a pre-match pep talk with their coach at the club's headquarters in the La Union neighborhood of Montevideo, on April 15, 2026. Nestled in a working-class neighborhood of Montevideo, the field where Federico Valverde took his first steps in football at the age of three frames, nearly a quarter of a century later, the dream of a new generation seeking to emulate the tenacious midfielder, a leader of Uruguay at the World Cup. (Photo by Eitan ABRAMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)

A men's recreational football league plays at Maracana Indoor Sports Arena in Tucson, Arizona, on May 6, 2026. In the Strait of Hormuz, US warships menace Iran's oil tankers. In Washington, President Donald Trump threatens nothing less than "complete victory" will suffice. But in Tucson, they're getting ready to welcome the Iranian football team as if nothing were amiss. The city, an oasis of manicured lawns in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) In this photo taken on June 29, 1986 Argentina's football star team captain Diego Maradona kisses the World Soccer Cup won by his team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany on at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. Diego Armando Maradona. That name sums up the 1986 World Cup. "El Pelusa", a hero at Napoli, managed to lead a much-criticised Argentina a team that had struggled immensely to qualify to ultimate victory. (Photo by Dominique FAGET / AFP via Getty Images)

Rob McLane (L) chats with another player during a men's recreational football league game at Maracana Indoor Sports Arena in Tucson, Arizona, on May 6, 2026. In the Strait of Hormuz, US warships menace Iran's oil tankers. In Washington, President Donald Trump threatens nothing less than "complete victory" will suffice. But in Tucson, they're getting ready to welcome the Iranian football team as if nothing were amiss. The city, an oasis of manicured lawns in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP via Getty Images)

FC Tucson founder and president Jon Pearlman poses at the Kino Sports Complex, where Iran's national football team Team Melli will train during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Tucson, Arizona, on May 6, 2026. In the Strait of Hormuz, US warships menace Iran's oil tankers. In Washington, President Donald Trump threatens nothing less than "complete victory" will suffice. But in Tucson, they're getting ready to welcome the Iranian football team as if nothing were amiss. The city, an oasis of manicured lawns in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Franz Beckenbauer and Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck and West german players jubilate at left, after Paul Breitner, scored 1-1 on penalty kick at World cup soccer final "West Germany - Holland" at Olympic Stadium in Munich on July 7, 1974. FIFA, under its new president, the Brazilian Joao Havelange, decided to make use of the infrastructure from the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and selected the Federal Republic of Germany to host the 1974 tournament. The Netherlands were the big surprise. They astonished everyone with their "total football", a revolution in which all players attacked and defended in the style of Ajax Amsterdam, who were dominating European football at the time. At the helm of this formidable team was Johan Cruyff. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)