{"id":2787,"date":"2026-06-13T22:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/kids-nonprofit-in-seattle-returns-20-free-world-cup-tickets-over-barring-of-somali-referee\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:01:47","slug":"kids-nonprofit-in-seattle-returns-20-free-world-cup-tickets-over-barring-of-somali-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/kids-nonprofit-in-seattle-returns-20-free-world-cup-tickets-over-barring-of-somali-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids\u2019 nonprofit in Seattle returns 20 free World Cup tickets over barring of Somali referee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>\n<p>SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Ali Abdulla was over the moon when he learned his youth-soccer nonprofit would receive 20 free tickets to the\u00a0World Cup round of 16\u00a0match next month in Seattle. Many of the kids in his African Youth Sports Academy come from low-income, immigrant families, and with ticket prices hovering around $1,000, it was an incredible opportunity for them.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/mexican-police-investigate-body-found-outside-tijuana-stadium-where-iran-prepares-for-world-cup\/\">Mexican police investigate body found outside Tijuana stadium where Iran prepares for World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the\u00a0U.S. barred Omar Artan\u00a0\u2014 the first Somali referee set to officiate in the World Cup \u2014\u00a0from entering the country. Abdulla, himself a former semi-professional soccer player and Somali refugee, wanted to do something in solidarity, and first thought of giving up his position as a volunteer FIFA \u201cambassador.\u201d But, he said, when he told parents and coaches about his decision, they suggested something even more significant: Give back the tickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all sent a message saying, \u2018We feel heartbroken, we feel betrayed,\u2019\u201d Abdulla told The Associated Press on Friday. \u201cWe don\u2019t feel right to go celebrate while the only person in the history of our country (selected to referee the World Cup) is feeling pain and disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI felt so emotional when the parents said that, because to return a one-time opportunity for solidarity with our boy \u2014 that made me very proud to lead this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children play in an African Youth Sports Academy soccer competition...\" class=\"wp-image-2782\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-820x545.webp 820w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ecd9206fdd69a838af8d6a9a08bc3f1e.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Children play in an African Youth Sports Academy soccer competition on Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Seattle, to help determine which participants would receive free World Cup tickets awarded to the organization. (Ali Abdulla via AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ali Abdulla, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit...\" class=\"wp-image-2783\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35-1024x808.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35-1024x808.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35-300x237.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35-768x606.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35-1536x1212.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c45dcf0a53c70601187bbcd3c7a85d35.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Ali Abdulla, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit African Youth Sports Academy, poses for a self-portrait outside his Seattle office on Friday, June 12, 2026. (Ali Abdulla visa AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United...\" class=\"wp-image-2784\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7c066b1d1cc5d3dbdf9583d5bbc8c834.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States, arrives in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Farah Abdi Warsameh)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United...\" class=\"wp-image-2785\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-820x545.webp 820w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/380d40c1243e9ec47f81ed992306c69b.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States, is welcomed by supporters upon his arrival in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Farah Abdi Warsameh)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children play in an African Youth Sports Academy soccer competition...\" class=\"wp-image-2786\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-820x545.webp 820w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d7fc436c8e010d1ba6dddffca31e9ab6.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Children play in an African Youth Sports Academy soccer competition on Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Seattle, to help determine which participants would receive free World Cup tickets awarded to the organization. (Ali Abdulla via AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The free tickets were among 1,400 distributed through a program organized by Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and the\u00a0local FIFA World Cup organizing committee.\u00a0Abdulla himself attended the announcement of the program and recruited about two dozen kids to be part of the mayor\u2019s social media video promoting it.<\/p>\n<p>He said learning that his nonprofit was receiving the tickets was \u201cthe best news I ever had.\u201d The African Youth Sports Academy, which also offers mentorship and other services, decided to hold a soccer competition to help determine who would receive tickets. The plan was to award the tickets to about a dozen youth, ages 13 to 16, and several of their parents, Abdulla said.<\/p>\n<p>The kids \u201care very sad, man, very heartbroken,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to teach them to stand up for the right thing.\u201d<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Somalia is one of nearly 40 countries whose citizens are banned from coming to the U.S. under the Trump administration\u2019s\u00a0crackdown on immigration.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/county-planners-grant-further-review-of-solar-farm-project-proposed-for-desert-community\/\">County planners grant further review of solar farm project proposed for desert community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artan, who was named as Africa\u2019s best male referee in 2025, was questioned for 11 hours and denied entry to the U.S. at Miami International Airport last Saturday, despite having been issued a visa. U.S. officials claimed Artan had connections to terror organizations, without offering proof.<\/p>\n<p>He was sent home to\u00a0a warm welcome\u00a0from supporters. On Thursday, European soccer body UEFA named him the referee for its Aug. 12 Super Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle mayor\u2019s office and the local FIFA World Cup organizing committee declined to comment on the nonprofit\u2019s decision but confirmed the tickets had been reallocated to another community group: the Somali Health Board, which also sponsors youth soccer. That organization did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The African Youth Sports Academy\u2019s decision was earlier reported by The Seattle Times.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulla, whose day job is working as a transit security officer in Seattle\u2019s light rail system, played with the semi-pro Seattle Somali Stars before retiring in 2017. He was set to serve as a volunteer ambassador for the World Cup, welcoming fans and helping them get to the stadium. Now, he said, he won\u2019t even watch the games on TV.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he said, he is focused on another upcoming tournament, which he formerly played and coached in and now organizes: the 28th annual Somali Week, which is bringing teams from Canada, the United Kingdom, Minneapolis and elsewhere to the Seattle suburb of Kent in August.<\/p>\n<p>It draws players of African heritage and others, Abdulla said, and serves as a powerful display of how soccer can unite the community.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/carlsbad-tightens-rules-for-massage-businesses-after-prostitution-arrests\/\">Carlsbad tightens rules for massage businesses after prostitution arrests<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>AP World Cup coverage: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A youth-soccer nonprofit in Seattle has returned 20 free World Cup tickets to protest the U.S. decision to bar Somali referee Omar Artan from entering the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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