Trump supporter booted from soccer game over 'MAGA' hat — but exposes glaring hypocrisy before leaving



A Trump supporter was escorted out of a professional soccer game in St. Louis over his "Make America Great Again" baseball cap.

A video with over one million views on X showed a man, who identified himself as Michael Weitzel, filming his interaction with stadium security and police at Energizer Park, home of St. Louis City SC, a Major League Soccer team.

'Are these rules equally enforced on everybody?'

Weitzel is seen telling a security guard that he is recording for his own safety when he is approached by a police officer who places a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm being asked to leave by police because of a Donald Trump [hat]," Weitzel says into the camera.

"I'm a Donald Trumper," the officer replied, seemingly stating his political views align with the fan's.

The officer then claimed the venue considers itself "nonpolitical" and, therefore, does not want any political messaging present at its games.

At that point, Weitzel panned the camera to a section across the stadium where gay pride flags were being flown.

"So those flags over there," Weitzel began, before being interrupted by the officer who told him the flags had been "preapproved."

Weitzel pressed on, "So my question to you guys is: Are these rules equally enforced on everybody?"

"Yes," the officer and a security guard told him, adding that in order to enforce the rules, they had to apply to him and his "MAGA" hat, as well.

Although he seemed to accept his fate and agreed to leave, Weitzel soon had a change of heart.

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According to the Post Millennial, Weitzel later tried to comply with the request to remove his hat and stay at the game, but security told him they were "already past that" before requiring him to leave.

Additionally, OutKick reported that Weitzel is actually a season-ticket holder, which could further complicate matters for the organization and its rules.

St. Louis City, staff, and the police officer were seemingly following MLS policy, though. The league states in its Fan Code of Conduct that "displaying signs, symbols or images" for the purposes of advocating for or against any "candidate, political party, legislative issue, or government action" is prohibited.

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Energizer Park in St. Louis, MO, March 25, 2025. Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Reporter Gregg Keller, who originally shared Weitzel's video, claimed that the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is investigating the video. The Justice Department told Blaze News it had no comment on the matter.

Blaze News has also contacted St. Louis City SC regarding the pride flags, whether or not the fan has been banned from future games, and if the organization is open to flying pro-Donald Trump or "MAGA" flags at any of its games.

This story will be updated with any applicable responses.

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National Disgrace: Trump Appeases Soccer Menace on Home Soil in Solidarity With America's Enemies

We've never had any reason to doubt Donald Trump's commitment to American greatness.

 Until now.

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Zohran Mamdani Has a Disgusting Personality Flaw That's Even Worse than Loving Communism and Hamas

Zohran Mamdani, the radical leftist who is favored to be the next mayor of New York City after toppling degenerate fondler Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, espouses an array of views most Americans would consider antithetical to our country's values.

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Swiss women's national soccer team proves men should not be in women's sports



The argument that sports should be separated by sex got even stronger on Wednesday, when the women's national soccer team of Switzerland took part in a friendly match.

The Swiss team has enjoyed a lot of fanfare due to the popularity of Alisha Lehmann, their 26-year-old forward who has amassed a gigantic online following. Lehmann, who plays in Italy for Juventus after six years on English teams, has a gigantic fan base on Instagram with 16.7 million followers and another 12 million followers on TikTok.

However, Lehmann's popularity could not help the Swiss women in their match against the under-15 boys academy for Austrian club FC Luzern.

'The boys didn't even look like they were trying that hard either.'

The match against the youth squad resulted in a dominating performance from the teen boys, in which the lads easily handled their older counterparts.

The game ended 7-1 in favor of the Austrian youth squad, with the results plastered all over the internet.

According to Nexus Football though, the match was supposed to be closed to the public, in attempt to gear up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 competition in July.

However, the outlet said that one of the boys posted the results on TikTok, which led to the widespread sharing of the score.

Swiss website Blick said a video was deleted from TikTok after it garnered 70,000 views, but by that point, it was too late.

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Switzerland women's team, at stadium Schuetzenwiese in Winterthur, on June 26, 2025. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

According to Sport Bible, Swiss player Leila Wandeler remarked after the game that while the training sessions have been "exhausting," the team wants to be "in our best shape for this European Championship. That's why I think it's a good thing."

She reportedly added that the loss "didn't matter" to the ladies but rather it was about "testing our game principles."

Viewers were not as forgiving to the Swiss national team and chalked up their performance as just another reason why men should not compete against women.

Yes, the match is real. Multiple sources confirm Switzerland's women's national team lost 7-1 to Luzern's U15 boys team in a friendly on June 25, 2025, as part of Euro 2025 prep. The result was meant to be private but was leaked on social media. It's a common practice for…
— Grok (@grok) June 25, 2025

On X, one user did not even believe the result was real and asked Grok AI to clarify.

A female X user piled on, saying, "Losing against U15 boys? Bold move, Switzerland."

"The boys didn't even look like they were trying that hard either," a top comment read underneath a YouTube video.

"Equal pay for the under 15 boys!" another YouTube commentator joked.

While footage circulating online has purported to show the game between the women and the boys, many sources have actually used a combination of footage that showed Lehmann walking onto a field, juxtaposed with video of a 2013 game between Swiss women's team FC Zürich Frauen and the under-15 FC Zürich boys.

That game ended 6-1 in favor of the boys, adding to the list of soccer games between women and teen boys that have been played with a similar result.

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Alisha Lehmann of Switzerland takes selfies with fans on June 3, 2025, in Sion, Switzerland. Photo by Daniela Porcelli/Getty Images

In 2015, the Australian women's national soccer team lost 7-0 to an under-16 male squad.

Similarly in 2017, the U.S. women's national soccer team lost 5-2 to a team of under-15 boys from the youth academy of MLS team FC Dallas.

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'Showering is not an entitlement': Tennis anti-doping unit announces players must shower 'in full view' of officials



Tennis' leader in anti-doping and anti-corruption said players are not permitted to have a shower before a drug test.

The International Tennis Integrity Unit covers policy, sanctions, prohibition, and testing for doping in tennis, and it recently announced a change to its policy that had many fans asking questions.

The ITIA informed players on Friday that drug testing will be conducted immediately following matches and that if a player wishes to shower before the drug test, he or she will have to do so in front of a drug-testing official.

The new rule was shared by Tennis Channel reporter Jon Wertheim, who showed a snippet of a letter from the ITIA on his X page.

"On behalf of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), we are sharing important updates to the Tennis Anti-Doping Program," the letter stated, before introducing a subsection on "showering,"

"The ITIA and previously the ITF has worked hard to ensure that showers following matches can amount to a permissible delay to doping control, particularly when showering could have a detrimental effect on the health and wellbeing of a player."

The letter continued, "However, showering is not an entitlement, and it is for this reason that the ITIA kindly requests that when showering[,] players adhere to the requirement to stay in full view of the chaperone observing them at all times."

The letter added that if a player is not comfortable with being monitored while showering, the player should consider the idea of whether or not a shower is "necessary before providing a doping control sample. Failure to remain in full view of the chaperone will be taken extremely seriously by the ITIA."

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After the seemingly bizarre wording of the policy received publicity, the ITIA reaffirmed its stance in a follow-up statement.

"We recognise that parts of the anti-doping testing process are uncomfortable," the group said. "However, as with all World Anti-Doping Agency-compliant sports — not just tennis — players who are notified for a test after a match are observed at all times by an anti-doping chaperone until the test is completed."

The group added, "This is a requirement of the World Anti-Doping Code."

While the policy sounded strange on its surface, it did have a certain level of logic behind it. As outlet Metro noted, soccer's governing body in the region, the Professional Footballers' Association, has a similar policy in place with an added explanation:

"It is important for the laboratory to analyse your first sample and by having a shower a player could urinate easily without anyone noticing."

The organization added, "Sports people have done this before in order to manipulate this seemingly insignificant procedure to avoid a positive result."

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Australian woman faces criminal charges for 'misgendering' male soccer player — asked in court if she is being 'mean'



An Australian woman who advocates for women's sports to remain female-only is facing two legal criminal accusations of "misgendering."

Kirralie Smith, an activist, has had two Apprehended Violence Orders filed against her by two male athletes posing as females and was accused in court of "deliberately misgendering."

Dennis was then listed as a 6'2" athlete who broke the leg of a girl who is 5'6."

While an AVO in Australia is typically reserved for domestic violence, it can be filed by any person who feels they are a victim of "physical assault, threats of physical harm, stalking, intimidation or harassment" and believes the threats will continue, according to New South Wales Police.

One of the claims came from a soccer player named Riley Dennis; Blaze News reported in 2024 that this individual was accused of injuring a female soccer player and sending her to the hospital. Dennis plays for the Flying Bats, a football club for "self-identified women and non-binary people."

Dennis was then listed as a 6'2" athlete who broke the leg of a girl who is 5'6" and spawned two dozen other females to quit because they did not want to play against the transgender-filled team. Yahoo Sports reported that the injured girl's leg was broken in two different places.

Activist Sall Grover was reportedly present during Smith's court proceeding on Monday and claimed a barrister asked Smith if she would call Dennis "she/her," to which the defendant said "no."

Smith was also allegedly asked if not using the pronouns is "mean," to which she replied that it would be mean to expect her to lie.

"Is it because she doesn't like trans people?" Grover wrote about the court proceeding. "No. It's a fact based statement," Smith reportedly answered.

Kirralie is on the stand for cross-examination.
Barrister asked she would call Dennis she/her. She said No.
She is asked if that’s mean. Says it’s mean to expect her to lie.
Is it because she doesn’t like trans people? Say, no. It’s a fact based statement.
You think they are…
— Sall Grover (@salltweets) April 14, 2025

Sky News Australia described the court proceeding as having "dramatic scenes" and said the "entire case" centers around "a couple of tweets Kirralie Smith posted back in 2023."

This was the second time Smith appeared in court for an AVO, however. Reduxx reported that Smith was accused by another male player, who goes by Stephanie Blanch, of holding unacceptable views. Blanch reportedly told a court he felt "threatened" by the idea that Smith did not think men should be in women's sports.

Blanch's supporting documentation included an X post by Smith about "a bloke on the women’s team in Wingham," the team on which Blanch plays.

In December, an Australian court acknowledged that Smith "repeatedly referred to" Blanch as a "male, a man, a bloke" and "he." A local judge declared that Smith indeed was "deliberately misgendering" Blanch, which was "stirring up controversy."

Blanch was awarded what essentially amounted to a restraining order against Smith, which required Smith to refrain from contacting Blanch as well as not "nam[ing] or identify[ing] the Appellant by her name Stephanie Blanch or by [name redacted]."

The order ends in December 2026.

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Men can play in women's soccer on a 'case-by-case basis,' English association rules



Men who believe they are women will be allowed to compete in women's soccer in England, the sport's governing body has decided.

The English Football Association updated its transgender sports policy and noted that men will be able to play against women after "match observation" has taken place to determine if a player "presents a risk" to the safety of others, BBC reported.

The FA will now have "ultimate discretion" over eligibility and ultimately will evaluate each male player on a "case-by-case basis," as opposed to a universal rule for or against men playing against women. However, the FA is still implementing requirements based on testosterone levels.

A prospective male player who wishes to be considered female will need to have been below a prescribed level of hormones for at least 12 months and provide a medical record of hormone therapy. He will also need to have an annual review of his treatment(s).

'What constitutes a woman?'

At the same time, an FA official will have the option to remove or refuse a player's permission to play against women during the observation period.

English journalist Lewis Brackpool, whose local team is Crawley Town F.C., told Blaze News the FA's logic crumbles under simple scrutiny.

"The entire 'trans question' begins to unravel under these basic, fundamental challenges: What constitutes a woman? Is it the presence of estrogen? Is it a feeling? Or is it something deeper — like bone structure, reproductive biology, and DNA?" the reporter asked.

The FA has reportedly revealed that there are 20 males playing in women's soccer at the amateur level in England, but none play in any of the professional leagues.

Policy surrounding men who believe they are women was introduced by the FA in 2015, but in 2023 the organization was faced with pressure from 48 members of Parliament who wanted to protect women's soccer. A letter from the government was reportedly sparked by a series of teams withdrawing from recreational games after a transgender player injured a female with a shot.

Brackpool told Blaze News that debates over the issue have intensified in the U.K., especially with recent reports of men competing in women's sports. Brackpool pointed specifically to a recent English women's billiard tournament where two men competed in the final.

Brackpool added, "If anyone can simply become a woman, then being a woman loses all meaning. And the same goes in reverse."

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US men's soccer coach says Trump can help the United States win the World Cup: 'All is possible'



United States men's soccer coach Mauricio Pochettino thinks he can win it all when the United States hosts the World Cup in 2026.

The legendary coach from Argentina has been at the helm of the U.S. soccer team for just two years, but he already sees great success on the horizon.

The United States will host the national tournament along with Canada and Mexico, and Pochettino thinks support from American fans and from the president is the key to a monumental run.

In an interview with Sky Sports reporter Gail Davis, Pochettino was asked what he would say if President Donald Trump wanted to know if the United States could win the World Cup.

"Yes. Yes," Pochettino quickly replied. "I will say 'yes.' If he asked me, I say 'yes, President, with your help, with the fans in behind hosting the World Cup, all is possible.'"

The 53-year-old spent about 15 years coaching across Europe's top leagues and had his longest tenure with England's Tottenham Hotspur from 2014 to 2019. Pochettino is credited with transforming the franchise from a mid-tier club to consistently competing for the English Premier League's top five positions, which landed them spots in Europe's most prestigious international club tournaments.

'If you say football, it's "no, no, no, no! Soccer!"'

Pochettino told Sky Sports he was hoping to receive an invite to the White House, along with the team, especially after FIFA President Gianni Infantino visited the Oval Office to reveal a new World Cup trophy.

"Hope, yes. Hope our president invite the national team," the coach confirmed.

The new manager was also asked how he has adjusted to using the term "soccer" as opposed to "football."

Pochettino said he fully understood that soccer is not yet a predominant sport in the country but that it is on the rise.

"If you say football, it's 'no, no, no, no! Soccer!' It's true, it's soccer because it's not football, because too many difference and still they need to, many [need] to, discover [it] there in USA," he explained.

The legendary coach said that while soccer is "not the principal" sport in the United States currently, he believes interest in the game is "growing a lot," rapidly.

If Major League Soccer's expansion is any indication of American interest in the sport, then the last decade has shown incredible growth.

MLS had added 12 teams since 2015, starting with New York City and Orlando. In 2017, teams in Atlanta and Minnesota were added.

A steady stream of franchises have been introduced since, starting with Los Angeles (2018) and followed by Cincinnati (2019). Miami and Nashville followed (2020), then Austin (2021), Charlotte (2022), St. Louis (2023), and finally San Diego (2025).

This brought the league to a massive 30 teams, separated into two conferences. Typically, European soccer leagues max out at 20 teams and operate under a relegation system where the bottom two or three franchises are bumped down to a lower league, while the top teams from the second-tier league gain promotion each year.

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'Cruel and depraved': Ex-US soccer player Megan Rapinoe trashes Trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports



Former professional women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe characterized President Donald Trump's executive order to keep males out of female sports as "cruel" and against human rights.

Rapinoe is a longtime critic of Trump who has focused on the idea that men who believe they are women who should be treated as females, even in regard to playing in female sports.

Retirement has not stopped Rapinoe from using her popularity to speak out on these subjects, which continued in a recent interview with outlet Mundial.

Referring to Trump's executive order titled, "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports," Rapinoe said she did not believe the intention behind Trump's action was sincere.

"Don't tell me it's about the rights of women's sports," she began. "That is totally disingenuous to say that."

'This isn't an issue ...'

The order declared that women have a right to play in sports only against other biological women and shall not be forced to compete with men, compete against men, or change in front of men.

Nevertheless, Rapinoe continued and claimed that the idea that men are infiltrating women's sports is not an existing problem.

"I think it's just really cruel," she went on. "You know, if you strip it all back, it's just kind of cruel and depraved. This isn't an issue, and you aren't going to be able to executive order trans people out of existence.

The 39-year-old then cited what she called a decade-long period of fighting for rights before claiming that the issue of ridding women's sports of men was actually just an issue of criticizing women's sports.

"We've just gone through a very long period, over 10 years, of really needing to fight just to get to a baseline of, like, equal rights and non-discriminatory behavior, and when people stop just s**tting on women's sports. I think we are sort of at that moment."

Responses to Rapinoe were instant, including commentator and host Piers Morgan, who called Rapinoe a "fraud," according to the Daily Mail.

Meanwhile, OutKick founder Clay Travis mocked Rapinoe for wanting "grown men in women’s sports" before declaring that "her brain is broken."

Rapinoe has kept up her focus on both transgenderism and Trump since her retirement. In July 2024, she criticized U.S. women's soccer player Korbin Albert for posting content critical of transgenderism on social media. Rapinoe accused Albert of hiding behind her faith and questioned if the 20-year-old was "making any type of space safer, more inclusive" or "more whole."

Then, shortly after Trump's election in November, she said that she was hoping for better than the "grim, dark, violent reality" of another term under President Trump, a future that she said Trump had "very clearly" laid out for the country.

Rapinoe's insistence that gender battles in women's sports are not happening unfortunately can be disproven by examples from just the last 30 days. These examples included a California high school girls' basketball team with a dominating male player on the roster and a transgender track and field runner who defeated teenage girls at an event in New York.

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'Obviously there's issues': American Brian White responds to anthem boos as Canadians are now even booing at soccer games



An American soccer player who captains a Canadian team responded to his own fans booing the U.S. national anthem.

Fans at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada, booed a performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" before a Major League Soccer game between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Los Angeles Galaxy. The jeers were an ongoing response to threats of tariffs on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump. Despite the fact that Canada has tariffed U.S. goods for years, many sports fans have largely ignored this fact.

In the end, the Whitecaps pulled out a 2-1 victory, but as was the case with NHL fans in Vancouver and Ottawa, fans seemingly forgot their top player is an American.

'It's not my business.'

Enter Brian White, captain and all-time leading scorer for the Whitecaps. White is a native of New Jersey. He responded to his own fans booing his national anthem.

Despite largely took the high road, White said, "I would like to say thank you to the fans that cheered and clapped the anthem at the end and showed respect for the flag."

He added, "Obviously there's issues. It's not my business, and I'll leave it at that."

White gave his remarks at a postgame press conference after receiving a question that was seemingly left until the end on purpose.

The ongoing anti-American sentiments have extended beyond Canada-versus-America hockey games and were even showcased at a recent WWE event in Toronto.

About 30,000 fans booed the U.S. national anthem at the Rogers Centre during the WWE event Elimination Chamber.

ESPN host Pat McAfee, a commentator for the WWE, called Canada "terrible" in reaction to the fans.

"These are the most stacked [matches] that the WWE has ever had. Kind of sucks that it's in the terrible country of Canada that booed our national anthem to start this entire thing," McAfee said comedically.

The host called for peace the following day but revealed he thought it was strange that fans equated hearing a national with the political policies of President Trump, as he did not make the same connection regarding the Canadian anthem and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Similarly, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) found a new way to take a dig at Canadians who have reportedly called for travel boycotts against the United States. After revealing that millions of Canadians had traveled to Florida, he said, "Maybe they wanted to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup-winning hockey team actually looks like."

A Canadian NHL team has not won the Stanley Cup since 1993.

Whitecaps star White recently signed a contract extension through 2027, and this was the team's first game against an American squad since the deal was inked.

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