Fans watch the first half of an attendance record-breaking NWSL soccer match at Lumen Field between the OL Reign and the Washington Spirit, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Seattle. The Spirit and the Reign ...

Seattle’s World Cup “Pride Match” will feature Iran and Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal, on June 26. The Group G clash, taking place on a Friday at Lumen Field, coincides with the ...

A World Cup match in Seattle has been named the Pride Match. That game now features Egypt and Iran, which imprison gay people. The post No. 7 of 2025: World Cup Pride Match in Seattle will feature… ...

A World Cup match hosted in Seattle in the summer of 2026 and billed as a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride will feature Egypt and Iran—two nations where homosexuality is all but illegal and queer ...

SEATTLE — A decision by Seattle's local World Cup organizing committee to brand the June 26, 2026 match as a "Pride Match" has sparked formal complaints from Egypt and Iran, the two countries ...

Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the scheduling of a FIFA World Cup match between the two teams next June in Seattle, where local organizers had planned Pride festivities around the match.