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Iranian women's soccer fans show support for Trump as team appears to pivot on national anthem stance
The Iranian women’s soccer team appeared to pivot from its silent stance at the Women’s Asian Cup on Thursday, singing and saluting during their national anthem before its match against Australia.
Meanwhile, Iranian fans voiced support for President Donald Trump in the stands amid the ongoing joint military campaign against Iran.
Before the start of the match against Australia, the women’s team notably participated in the performance of the anthem. The women were seen saluting as rain added to the somber moment.
It was in stark contrast to the opening match against South Korea, when the women’s squad stood silent as Iran head coach Marziyeh Jafari, also silent, smiled at her team. The silence was interpreted by some as an act of resistance amid the ongoing joint military strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
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But, according to reports, the squad was "instructed" to participate in their next match. The team has remained silent on the subject since before the start of the tournament. The Women’s Asian Cup did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The night before Iran’s 4-0 loss to Australia, Iran striker Sara Didar choked back tears as she shared the concerns of players and management for their families and loved ones amid the war.
"Obviously we’re all concerned and we’re sad at what has happened to Iran and our families in Iran," Didar said in comments translated into English during a news conference. "I really hope for our country to have good news ahead. And I hope that my country will be strongly alive."
IRANIAN WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM REFUSE TO SING NATIONAL ANTHEM IN SILENT PROTEST AT ASIAN CUP
Jafari and other players declined to answer questions on the war at their opening press conference on Sunday. On Wednesday, moderators asked reporters to stick to soccer-related questions.
Meanwhile, supporters of Iran voiced their support for Trump and a free Iran during Thursday’s match. Pre-Islamic Revolution flags were seen being waved in the crowd, while others held up signs with letters spelling Trump’s name.
In his first video remarks posted to Truth Social, Trump encouraged the Iranian people to take over their government once the United States and Israel finished "major combat operations" in Iran.
"The hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside," he said, addressing the Iranian people. "This will be, probably, your only chance for generations. For many years, you have asked for America's help, but you never got it. No President was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a President who is giving you what you want."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Hasselbeck confronts Hostin on 'The View' over Obama bombing Libya amid Iran debate
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a guest host on "The View" this week, confronted co-host Sunny Hostin on Thursday over former President Barack Obama launching airstrikes against Libya in 2011 as the liberal co-host has repeatedly called President Donald Trump's actions in Iran "illegal."
"So did you believe it was illegal in April of 2011, when the Office of Legal Counsel memo stated from President Obama that the president has constitutional authority to direct the use of military force in Libya because you could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest?" Hasselbeck pressed.
"Prior congressional approval was not constitutionally required to use military force in these operations," she said. "Where were you then complaining?"
"I was at home complaining," Hostin quipped, noting she was not a co-host of the liberal talk show at the time. "But I wasn't complaining because the Office of Legal Counsel was involved." She continued: "This president [Trump] does not go through the Office of Legal Counsel. This president does not go to Congress. Congress has the power to enact — to approve wars. This Congress has the power of the purse. This president is acting more like a king than anything else. He is the commander in chief, but he is not a king."
Hostin has called the Trump administration's actions against Iran illegal and unconstitutional, as many Democrats have argued, since the president announced the strikes.
Trump’s strikes bear similarities to Obama’s decision to strike Libya in 2011 under Operation Odyssey Dawn. In that operation, Obama ordered a series of strikes against Libya, looking to deter Muammar Gaddafi from attacking civilians and anti-government opposition forces. The Office of Legal Counsel issued its statement after Obama decided to carry out the strikes.
Hostin said the Iran strikes should have gone through Congress, saying it would have given embassies more notice to evacuate American citizens from the Middle East.
"I don't think that this was done appropriately. I maintain that this is illegal and unconstitutional," she added.
A White House official pointed to the president's Article II authority as commander in chief, and said Trump's actions were directed at Iran's military infrastructure. The official maintained that the Iranian regime has consistently pursued building missiles and acquiring nuclear weapons and that its capabilities directly threatened the U.S. and partners in the Middle East.
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Hasselbeck then asked Hostin if she liked the result of the strikes, which eliminated Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — and several other top Iranian officials — who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and oversaw an era of harsh internal repression and confrontation with the U.S. and Israel.
"No, I don't," Hostin responded.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg went to a commercial and when the show resumed, co-host Sara Haines also pushed back on Hostin's argument.
"In regard to what Sunny’s saying about it being an illegal war, every modern president since Reagan has done this in attacks — from Syria, Libya, Bosnia, Panama. So it happens continually, to give it context," Haines said. "Congress has ceded this power a long time ago. And I have a lot of criticisms of Congress and this is one of them. If you want to be part of the conversation, don’t hand your power over to the presidents, which they have done."
Hostin went on to quote Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who has said she believes this is an illegal war because "there was no imminent threat and the war was started under pretext."
Fox News' Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
Florida nurse urges China, UK to ‘attack the United States’ to remove Trump ‘regime’ in viral TikTok
A Florida nurse posted a video on TikTok calling on foreign governments, including China and the United Kingdom, to attack the United States in order to remove what she described as the "regime" of President Donald Trump.
"Come on, Canada, come on, UK, come on, China, you know you wanna do it," Joyce Schulz-Killian said in a recent video posted to TikTok.
"Come in and attack [the] United States," she continued in the video. "You don’t like our regime, we don’t like it either. Help us. Please, help the United States. Come in, come in, help us! We’ll figure it out. We don’t like our regime either. Come on! Help us!"
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The original video was later set to a private setting.
Schulz-Killian is the owner and lead nurse advocate at her business, At Your Request Patient Advocate, which describes itself on its website as a provider of private nurse patient advocacy services.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Schulz-Killian said she posted the video "to bring awareness that NOT all Americans support the regime in place of Donald Trump. Some of the Americans grew up believing in the Constitution and that the government is for the people, by the people. That Congress represents the people and not one person is in charge, even the President has oversight."
She added that she has concerns about what she described as unchecked executive actions and alleged constitutional violations.
"I wanted to mention my fears that America is attacking boats without cause, killing our own United States citizens and calling them terrorists, sending US troops to foreign countries in war, making decisions without oversight and then not following court orders when they do come down," she said.
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"There appears to be no checks and balances," she continued in her statement. "Just because we don't like a regime of another country, is it in our place to kill the leader or bomb the country and a school of 175 children and educators and then deny it right to our faces. If that is true, then couldn't other countries concerned about the American well-being come and help us from this dictator leadership we appear to have. Court orders are not followed. That is all I was saying is, this is not what I was taught about how the government works and the three levels of branches. The President did not believe in the Constitution when he took his Oath. We are in a Constitutional crisis and all the other countries see it, but us."
On her company website, Schulz-Killian states she earned a BSN in 2012, her certificate for patient advocacy from Cleveland State University in 2015, and credentials including Certified Senior Advisor CSA in 2016.
The website says her company serves clients across the United States.
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Schulz-Killian told Fox News Digital that she has changed her TikTok privacy level because, "death threats do make a person change a privacy level."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
Iran's 'death by 1,000 cuts' strategy backfires as US refuses 'nuclear roulette,' ex-special ops soldier says
A former U.S. special operations soldier told Fox News that Iran's strategy of incrementally eroding its enemies' forces has become ineffective as the United States signals it will not engage in what he calls "nuclear roulette."
Iran’s campaign of attacks across the Middle East and beyond has hit at least 12 countries amid concern that the regime could be intentionally prolonging the war.
"Iran's strategy has always been this death by a thousand cuts. Launch a few drones here, arm a proxy militia there, threaten shipping lanes somewhere else," Brett Velicovich said Thursday on "The Faulkner Focus."
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"But that strategy only works if the United States hesitates," he added, arguing that the United States has responded reservedly in the past.
"But we are done abandoning our red lines, and it's clear our leadership is no longer going to play nuclear roulette with this regime... We're watching the entire chessboard," he said. "We're prepared to respond wherever American interests are threatened."
Velicovich's comments come as U.S. forces launch precision strikes on Iranian missile infrastructure.
Rather than sending neighbors into a tailspin, Velicovich said Tehran's attempt at regional escalation has instead unified adversaries and triggered a more forceful response.
Iran has fired on Israel, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Cyprus and Bahrain, among others.
Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin said Thursday on "The Faulkner Focus" that the seemingly erratic strikes support Iran's strategy of widening the war and forcing its adversaries to burn through limited supplies of high-tech missile interceptors, and to raise oil prices by threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
"This is not a country defending itself anymore," Velicovich said. "It's a regime exporting chaos in every direction. It's a regime full of psychopaths that should not exist in modern society."
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes targeting Iran's leadership, including its Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed. Iran's missile arsenal and nuclear facilities were also hit in the campaign, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.
Iran has carried out retaliatory strikes since then, with the latest wave coming one day after the United States sank an Iranian warship, killing at least 87 Iranian sailors.
Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
Never run out of outlets again: 10 affordable power strips on Amazon, starting at $10
Running out of outlets happens more often than you’d expect. With phones, lamps, kitchen appliances and cleaning gadgets competing for space, it doesn’t take long to max out your wall plugs. A reliable power strip solves the problem fast. Whether you need a travel-ready option, a surge protector with an extra-long cord, a cordless outlet extender or more USB ports for the whole family, Amazon has affordable picks worth considering.
A compact travel outlet gives you seven charging spots – three AC, two USB-C and two USB-A. The extension cord wraps around the hub, creating an easily packable bundle.
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This pick reaches across the room thanks to its 10-foot extension cord. The cube has outlets on every side, making it easy to tuck behind the couch. Multiple AC ports and USB ports support your phone or laptop chargers. If you need a different length, it’s available in 6-, 15-, 20- or 25-foot sizes.
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If you need a few extra outlets but don’t want to get tangled in cords, this best-selling wall charger has the capacity you need. It features five AC outlets and four USB slots, powering everything from phones to laptops to household appliances. It essentially takes the place of your current wall outlet. All you have to do is plug it in.
With 12 AC slots, one USB-C and two USB-A connections, this Anker power strip and surge protector can power all your devices at once. The USB inputs are fast enough to charge an iPhone 15 to 50% in just under 30 minutes. A built-in safety system helps prevent fires and protects against overloads.
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This extension cord’s three-sided design supports up to 12 devices. The 5-foot braided cord won’t fray if chewed on by curious pets or after years of use. With larger than average sockets, big adapters fit without blocking other cords.
Amazon has a 10-pack of surge protectors, so you can outfit every room in your home. Each strip comes equipped with six household outlets, a 6-foot cord and a 15-amp circuit breaker for safety. There’s also a red LED light that shows the protector is running properly.
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This tower power strip comes with 12 AC slots and four smart USB inputs. The tower design and integrated circuit breaker make it safe to use all 16 charging slots at once. If a voltage surge is detected, the power strip automatically shuts down, helping protect your devices.
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Hotels don’t always have enough plug points, but Anker’s travel power strip solves that problem. The small, pocket-sized option includes two AC outlets and four USB ports, letting you charge your laptop and phone at the same time. Even though it’s slim, its 5-foot extension cord gives you plenty of reach to move around the room.
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Whether you’re outfitting a busy household or charging multiple devices at once, this charger block delivers with four USB-C and four USB-A ports. It powers up to eight devices and even has built-in fast-charging technology. To put that into perspective, with this charger block, a dead MacBook Pro can go from 0% to 55% in just 30 minutes.
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Expand a single wall receptacle into six surge-protected outlets with this Belkin outlet extender. The 600-joule energy rating shields your electronics from unexpected voltage spikes, keeping your expensive tech running smoothly. Its slim design slides neatly behind couches or desks, while the 360-degree rotating plug adds further flexibility.
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House Democrats vote to continue DHS shutdown despite Iran threat, Noem's ouster
House Democrats largely voted to allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown to keep going on Thursday, shrugging off Republicans' concerns about the increased domestic terror threat amid the U.S.-Israeli operation in Iran.
It comes hours after President Donald Trump shocked Capitol Hill by ousting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and appointing Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as his replacement.
But that did not stop the vast majority of Democrats from voting against a bipartisan DHS funding bill aimed at funding the cabinet agency through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
The bill did pass the House in a 221 to 209 vote, with all but four House Democrats voting against it — a significant indicator that Noem's firing is not enough to tip the scales in the ongoing standoff. The Democrats who voted in favor of the funding bill are Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Jared Golden, D-Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash., and Don Davis, D-N.C.
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Nearly identical legislation already passed the House in January, but House GOP leaders wanted to force the vote again in light of heightened national security concerns within the country's borders.
While largely symbolic, it shows Republicans' pressure strategy is falling on deaf ears as the left continues to protest President Donald Trump's strategy to combat illegal immigration.
The bill was the product of original bipartisan negotiations that followed the longest-ever full government shutdown in U.S. history, which ended in November after 43 days.
It would fully fund all aspects of DHS while also including new guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanded by Democrats, like a body-worn camera mandate and new required training on public engagement and de-escalation.
But Democrats walked away from the deal en masse amid fallout from Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, which saw two U.S. citizens shot and killed by federal agents during anti-ICE demonstrations there. The operation has since ended.
Democratic leaders are still insisting on withholding their caucus' support, however, until further restrictions are put on ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on the ground in various cities.
And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., signaled to reporters that Noem's ouster was not enough.
"It's not like Kristi Noem was the one who was involved in negotiating anything. She was a corrupt lackey. So we were dealing with the White House before, and we're going to continue to deal with the White House at this point," he said.
Meanwhile, the resulting DHS shutdown has taken on new significance as the U.S. continues its campaign to take out Iran's top leadership and its military sites.
Republican leaders are warning that keeping DHS in a shutdown state is dangerous for national security, given its jurisdiction over agencies that monitor threats from home and abroad.
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"Now is the time to be vigilant at home and to ensure that all of our doors are locked, so to speak," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said during a press conference Wednesday. "And yet, as all this is happening, we have Democrats running around here playing political games in Congress. It's infuriating. They've shut down the very agency that is responsible for securing the homeland."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called Republicans' argument "insane" when asked by Fox News Digital earlier this week.
"Donald Trump launches an unauthorized war in the Middle East. … He decides that he wants to spend billions of dollars to bomb Iran, rather than spend taxpayer dollars to lower the grocery bills that are crushing the American people, and then wants to use his unauthorized war as an excuse to continue spending taxpayer dollars to brutalize or kill American citizens by continuing to unleash ICE without restriction on the American people?" Jeffries posed. "I think it's ridiculous."
It's the Senate, however, where passing that DHS funding bill is actually key to ending the shutdown. The upper chamber voted again Thursday on the original legislation that passed the House in January, but it failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster.
American Cornhole League commissioner makes case for making backyard game an Olympic sport
A game that anybody can buy on Amazon has support to eventually become an Olympic sport.
Stacey Moore, the commissioner of the American Cornhole League (ACL), which just renewed its deal with ESPN for three more years, has had numerous celebrities participate in tournaments across the country, and "they all react extremely favorably to playing."
That's why Moore believes that it would be an instant hit in the Olympics, and "better than curling."
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"Go out and try to beat one of our pros, you’ll find out pretty quickly how difficult this is.. Once you get beat 21-0 in five rounds, you’ll be humbled," Moore told Fox News Digital of the doubters.
"We hear that a lot, but that's one of the great things about our sport, how accessible it is, and how we like to say anyone can play, anyone can win, because if you want to put your mind to it, you want to put the time into practice, you can become competitive. Whether you can become a top professional is a different thing. There's still a big gap between being a really good, competitive cornhole player and being one of our top 100 pros."
The ACL has been on ESPN since 2016, and Moore thought of the idea of bringing the backyard game to the next level after simply seeing good competition.
"I was just playing at tailgates, I was watching people playing it way more seriously than me. And I was thinking, ‘What is it about this particular tailgating game that gets people so amped up?’ I realized there was a lot more skill and strategy to it than I originally thought, and I enjoyed watching the top-level players play at a high level," Moore said.
"And I said, if I can potentially do a broadcast and put some technology behind this, do scores and stats so that we can show that there is a definite skill level that you have to reach to play it to be the best of the best. And obviously getting the ESPN deal was the final kind of game changer when we got on ESPN."
Moore started the World Cornhole Organization as the international federation for the sport, and USA Cornhole to make it a professional sport to eventually have owned teams.
Los Angeles in 2028 might be a bit unrealistic, but at the very least, cornhole's evolution into a sport is off to a hot start. But to get to even another level, all Moore is asking for is just a chance.
"It’s really just about getting an opportunity," he said. "We have really good TV ratings, so if we make an Olympic sport, I think it would do extremely well."
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House votes to let Trump's Operation Epic Fury continue in Iran
The House of Representatives narrowly voted to allow President Donald Trump to continue Operation Epic Fury in Iran on Thursday.
A bipartisan resolution led by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., failed to pass after four Democrats joined most Republicans in sinking it, 212 to 219.
The legislation was aimed at blocking Trump from using the Armed Forces in the joint U.S.-Israeli operation in Iran, which would likely force the strikes to grind to a halt.
The Trump administration, as well as the majority of Republicans in Congress, have insisted that the president has acted within his authority so far and are hopeful he will continue to do so.
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But Democrats, along with Massie and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, are largely skeptical. Both Republicans voted in favor of the measure.
The Democrats who voted against reining in Trump's war powers include Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Greg Landsman, R-Ohio.
"The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader from a region notorious for radical Islamists and the United States and Israel turned him into a martyr," Massie said during debate on the resolution. "If Congress wants war, then the speaker should hold a vote to declare it."
Davidson said Wednesday, "The moral hazard posed by a government no longer constrained by our Constitution is a grave threat."
Other Republican lawmakers said they were concerned that handicapping the operation now could do more harm than good.
"I think the president is well within his legal authorities to conduct this operation," Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "I think any effort to stymie that would actually jeopardize our national security and jeopardize our troops."
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital, "I'll be voting no, against the War Powers Act, because once the president has taken that action, that first action, if we were to pull back, it would actually leave us more vulnerable and less safe by leaving all of their capabilities in place, but having started a conflict like this."
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U.S. officials have said their targets remain Iran's military assets, senior leadership, and nuclear capabilities. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters this week that the operation will have a finite timeline.
But Democrats are accusing Trump of plunging the U.S. into a seemingly endless conflict while running roughshod over Congress' Article I authority.
"Donald Trump has taken America to war without authorization, without explanation, without a strategy or an exit plan. Six brave service members have already given the ultimate sacrifice," House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., said on Wednesday.
The Thursday vote comes a day after the Senate shot down a resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., aimed at limiting Trump’s military actions in Iran following days of speculation about whether Republicans would cross the aisle — as they have done before — to reprimand the president.
Only Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted in favor of the resolution among Republicans, while Sen. Jon Fetterman, D-Pa., was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle in support.
Comer claims whistleblowers warned Walz for years about Minnesota fraud and were told to 'stand down'
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said Minnesota state employees warned Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison for years about alleged fraud in state-administered programs, and some were told to "stand down" or face retaliation.
Comer and Republican lawmakers peppered Walz and Ellison with questions during Wednesday's House hearing on the massive fraud scandal in the state after a months-long probe by the House Oversight Committee.
Much of the inquiry centered on what they knew about the fraud and when they knew it.
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"After months of bringing in the whistleblowers ... they testified under oath that they had been warning Gov. Walz and Attorney General Ellison for years about the fraud, and they were told to stand down," Comer told "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday.
He alleged that some employees were retaliated against because Walz and Ellison didn't want to hurt their base of "welfare recipients, especially that big Somali voting bloc."
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged multiple people with stealing more than $240 million from the federal Child Nutrition Program through the Minnesota-based nonprofit Feeding Our Future. The probe has since widened to investigate multiple state-run programs for potential fraud. Childcare providers receiving state funding, mainly within the Somali community, are also under scrutiny.
Comer said he and his investigators spoke to 30 state employees who administer these programs.
"What they said is there are groups that specialize in going in and getting these Somalis set up in these fake businesses. The government employees can tell right off the bat whether they're fake, whether they're overbilling and [engaging in] suspicious activity," he said, adding that the whistleblowers were mostly Democrats.
"They warned Gov. Walz and Attorney General Ellison, and time after time, they were, 'Don't worry about it. Stand down.' Because that was a huge voting bloc for the Democrat Party in Minnesota."
Walz and Ellison previously pushed back on any accusations that they knowingly allowed fraud in Minnesota's social programs and have accused Republicans of politicizing the situation.
Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
Here is how Team USA has fared in previous World Baseball Classics
The sixth World Baseball Classic is officially underway, with Australia defeating Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the opening game, and Team USA has its eyes on winning it all for the second time.
The United States won their first title in 2017 and almost won their second consecutive World Baseball Classic in 2023, but they lost to Team Japan 3-2 after Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout to end the game in thrilling fashion.
Here is a look back at Team USA’s results over the previous five World Baseball Classics.
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The U.S. went 3-3 in the team’s introduction to the World Baseball Classic but lost to South Korea and Mexico in the second round and finished in eighth place. Ken Griffey Jr. was Team USA’s best player, as he hit .524 with three home runs and 10 RBI in six games.
Team USA, led by David Wright and Jimmy Rollins, advanced to the semifinals, where they lost to Team Japan 9-4. It looked like the team would suffer a similar fate as in 2006, as they lost their first game in the second round, 11-1, to Puerto Rico.
They beat the Netherlands, setting up a rematch with Puerto Rico in an elimination game. Wright hit a walk-off single, capping off a ninth-inning comeback to move on.
Rollins hit .417 with one home run, four RBI, two triples and four stolen bases in eight games. The Americans went 4-4.
The U.S.’ struggles in the World Baseball Classic continued, as they opened pool play with a 5-2 loss to Mexico. They turned it around and made it to the second round but lost to Puerto Rico.
Captain David Wright was Team USA’s best player before he got hurt and missed the last two games with an oblique injury. In four games, Wright hit .438 with one home run and 10 RBI.
Team USA finally got over the hump and won it all, defeating Puerto Rico 8-0 in the final. Marcus Stroman was named the WBC MVP for recording three starts and throwing six scoreless innings against Puerto Rico in the final.
Center fielder Adam Jones provided one of the most thrilling moments of the tournament with his show-stopping home run robbery on Manny Machado, who was his teammate on the Baltimore Orioles at the time. Giancarlo Stanton, Eric Hosmer and Christian Yelich helped provide some of the offense for Team USA. They went 6-2 in the tournament.
Team USA failed to mount a ninth-inning comeback against Team Japan in the final, losing 3-2 and falling just short of winning their second consecutive title.
Team USA’s lineup was stacked, led by captain Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and Paul Goldschmidt. However, Trea Turner emerged as the star of the tournament, clubbing five home runs in seven games.
Turner’s biggest home run was an electrifying go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning to propel Team USA to a 9-7 victory over Venezuela in the quarterfinal round. The U.S. offense led the team to a 5-2 record, as they scored more than nine runs in three of the first six games.
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