The football pitch is seen 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)

A view of Tucson is seen from Sentinel Peak 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)

Fabian Coito, former coach of Uruguay's youth national teams and current coordinator of the youth development divisions at Montevideo Wanderers Football Club, speaks during an interview with AFP at the Walter Devoto Sports Complex in 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)

Amir Pajouyan, a member of the Iranian diaspora in Tucson, poses wearing an Iran jersey 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)

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)

Players from Penarol's youth teams leave after a training session 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)

Kino Sports Complex director Sarah Hanna walks 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)

Youth players from Club Estudiantes de la Union enter the locker room with their coach before a match at the club's headquarters in the La Union neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, 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)