Why can't FIFA reorganize the referees, send him to Canada or Mexico to officiate there & move a different ref into 🇺🇸?
Surely they have more refs on hand than strictly necessary, so even without a swap, why can't he relieve another ref who's covering more than 1 match?
Matt Bigg’s interview with Omar Artan — the FIFA World Cup referee thrown out of the United States upon arrival in Miami.
“I think that they have a problem with my country.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
