February 23 – German club Werder Bremen have called off their summer tour of the United States because of safety concerns.
The Bundesliga club, which had planned to stage matches in Minnesota and Detroit, justified its withdrawal because of the political climate in Minneapolis and strong disagreement with the current US administration’s immigration policies.
A club spokesperson confirmed to The Athletic: “In Minnesota, two people were shot dead by state authorities. Playing in a city where there is unrest and people are being shot doesn’t fit with our values. That will not happen with us.”
The club also pointed to the tightening of entry conditions by the US.
“It is no longer known with which players you can still enter the USA due to the tightened entry conditions, which demand, among other things, for a review of the social media profiles of the past five years.”
Werder Bremen have a left-wing political profile and the club had already been considering to withdraw from the tour in light of the USA’s increasingly extreme right wing politics.
This season, Bremen are struggling in the Bundesliga. They are 17th in the league table and lost 2-1 against St Pauli on Sunday.
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