The U.S. men’s team wore orange bracelets in support of tighter gun control ahead of the 0-0 draw with Uruguay on Sunday.
The move came after the U.S. Football Federation wrote to Congress calling for stricter gun laws following several mass shootings in the United States in recent weeks. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on gun legislation next week.
“With the legislation being considered in the coming days in the House and Senate, we urge you to stand by the majority of Americans who support stronger gun laws,” the letter said. “… Certainly we can all agree that the safety of children in our country is a sacred responsibility that we all share.
“We believe that it would be irresponsible not to use our platform to raise awareness and demand change. Our activism is born out of necessity: we are talking about this issue because many of you are refusing to take action. “
On the field of play, Jesús Ferreira could not convert a couple of chances in the first half, as the American strikers continued their goal-scoring struggle, and the Americans played a 0-0 draw against the ‘Uruguay in the second of four World Cup warm-up matches this month. .
The United States came out on the field three hours after learning that Wales would be their first World Cup rival in November, and the Americans extended their unbeaten streak at home to 25 games since the September 2019 defeat to Mexico. This is a shy of the team record set in 2013-15.
Ferreira had the best American chances, a 15-yard shot stopped by Fernando Muslera on the 19th and then a wide open deflected a minute later. Haji Wright, who made his debut on Wednesday, replaced Ferreira at 61. Weston McKennie has played his first outing at the club or in the country since breaking two bones in his foot with Juventus in February.
The American strikers have a goal in the last 13 games of the team. This was marked by Ferreira in a 5-1 defeat to Panama in a World Cup qualifier in March. Edinson Cavani missed a good opportunity for Uruguay in the last seconds of the match.
Sean Johnson was in the U.S. goal for the tenth time, the first since January 2020, and the 32-year-old made a word-of-mouth stop on the 61st. In a strange turn, the referees of the match allowed Uruguay to make seven substitutions, one more than the rules allow.