Anti-Donald Trump sentiment seeps into U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry..

[HipChick]

MEXICO CITY – Any doubt that Sunday’s vital World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico here would carry extra edge due to the current political climate was erased even hours before kickoff.Long before the on-field hostilities at Estadio Azteca began Francisco Cisneros Solano, a passionate Mexico soccer fan, posed for photographs alongside a group of friends at the entrance to the arena.The message on his T-shirt — “FUCK Trump” — left visiting U.S. fans and players with a clear message. Things are a little different this time around.

Soccer is built on rivalries and this is one of the more impassioned ones. It has been thus for a long time, yet there can be no question that recent political factors upped the ante for this clash.To say that there is negative sentiment toward the regime of President Trump here is both obvious and a huge understatement. A few miles from the famed and daunting Azteca, a museum recently hosted an exhibition filled with caricatures mocking Trump.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/martin-rogers/2017/06/11/anti-donald-trump-sentiment-added-to-us-mexico-soccer-rivalry/102759542/

[dchill]

1. It seeps. Perfect word.