On this episode of First Touch Dispatch, Eric Krakauer spins around the sporting globe for the most important World Cup headlines, including the changes to the yellow card accumulation rule, Memo Ochoa chasing history, the "Passport Gate" scandal, FIFA's proposed youth initiative, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino's comments on Iran's World Cup status. We then take a closer look into the American influence this World Cup will feature. To round out the show we address a World Cup host city that could be losing the club that has called it home for over 50 years. All that on this edition of First Touch Dispatch.0:49 Yellow Cards2:39 Memo Ochoa 6th World Cup4:23 Passport Gate In The Netherlands6:43 FIFA Youth Initiative8:04 Infantino's Iran Comments9:37 A Closer Look - Americana at the World Cup15:04 One for the Road - Vancouver Whitecaps
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