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Croatia's Andrej Kramaric celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup group F soccer match between Croatia and Canada, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Croatia downs Canada at World Cup on Kramaric’s 2 goals

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Japan supporters clean the stands at the end of the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Japan won 2-1.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

‘Normal thing to do’: Japanese fans tidy up at World Cup

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Laborers cheer at a fan festival at the Asian Town cricket stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Far from the luxury hotels and sprawling new stadiums emblematic of Doha during the World Cup, scores of soccer-mad South Asian workers poured into a converted cricket stadium in the city's desert outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

On outskirts of Doha, laborers watch World Cup they built

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinian soccer fans wave Qatari and Palestinian flags as they watch a live broadcast of the 2022 World Cup opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, at a covered gymnasium in Gaza City, on Nov. 20, 2022. For a brief moment after Saudi Arabia's Salem Aldawsari fired a soccer ball from just inside the penalty box into the back of the net to seal a win against Argentina, Arabs across the divided Middle East found something to celebrate. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Germany's supporter wearing a rainbow jersey waits for the World Cup group F soccer match between Belgium and Canada, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Rainbow struggle playing out on sidelines of World Cup

By Mariam Fam - Associated Press

Ecuador's Enner Valencia celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's first goal during the World Cup group A soccer match between Netherlands and Ecuador, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Valencia scores World Cup-best third goal in Ecuador draw, eliminates Qatar from tournament

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Referee Mario Alberto Escobar Toca shows a red card to Wales' goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey during the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Cheshmi’s late goal sends Iran to 2-0 win over Wales

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Qatar's Ismail Mohamad lies after his side's 1-3 lost against Senegal during a World Cup group A soccer match at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)

Qatar loses 3-1 to Senegal, host nearing World Cup exit

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Osama, 21 years-old, from Palestine works as a street marshal prior to the World Cup group G soccer match between Brazil and Serbia, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. The World Cup 2010 in South Africa had Shakira. The 1998 World Cup in France had Ricky Martin. In Qatar, the tune that nests itself in the head is the incessant chanting of street marshals, better knows as Last Mile Marshals. Seated all over Doha on high chairs more commonly used by lifeguards at swimming pools, these migrant workers have become a staple of the Middle East's first World Cup. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Singing street marshals are Qatar World Cup’s surprise stars

By Lujain Jo - Associated Press

A woman holds a jersey with the name of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran at the age of 22, as she takes her place in the stands ahead of the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ** FILE **

Iran government supporters confront protesters at World Cup

By Isabel Debre and Ciaran Fahey - Associated Press

England's Harry Kane, middle, stands on the field during England's official training on the eve of the group B World Cup soccer match between England and the United States, at Al Wakrah Sports Complex, in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

World Cup Viewer’s Guide: U.S. seeks repeat of 1950 upset

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

A view of the Lusail plaza towers in Lusail downtown, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Empty streets, cranes: the city built for Qatar’s World Cup

By Suman Naishadham - Associated Press

Fans wave the Palestinian flag and cheer prior the World Cup, group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict catches up with Qatar World Cup

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Players from Germany pose for the team photo as they cover their mouth during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany players cover mouths at World Cup in FIFA protest

By Ciaran Fahey - Associated Press

Belgium forward Eden Hazard (10) plays the ball as Canada defender Alistair Johnston (2) defends during first half Group F World Cup soccer action at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

American media’s embarrassingly self righteous coverage of the World Cup

By Tim Constantine

Hector Garcia, 59, of Glendale Heights, Illinois, poses for a photo during an official U.S. Soccer fan party at the FIFA World Club ahead of a group B soccer match between the United States and Wales, in Doha, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. He plans to attend 28 games during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

American fans give up Thanksgiving to travel to World Cup

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi attends a press conference on the eve of the group C World Cup soccer match against Saudi Arabia, in Doha, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Relaxed Lionel Messi determined to savor ‘likely’ final World Cup

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

England's Harry Kane wears a rainbow armband as he takes the knee prior to the Euro 2020 soccer championship round of 16 match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in England. The captains of seven European nations will not wear anti-discrimination armbands in World Cup games after threats from FIFA to show yellow cards to the players. The seven soccer federations say &quot;we can’t put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions.” (Justin Tallis, Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

World Cup team captains ditch ‘OneLove’ armbands after penalty threat

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at a press conference Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Despite scolding, politics finds its way into World Cup kickoff

By David R. Sands, Hunter Roberts and Kyle Lutz - The Washington Times

Ecuador's Enner Valencia celebrates scoring his side's second goal against Qatar during a World Cup group A soccer match at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor , Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

World Cup dismay for host Qatar as Ecuador wins opening game

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press