"What a moment for this Iranian team who will be well backed in Los Angeles, a huge Iranian community in that city in the USA.
We have heard of protests from Iranian fans outside the stadium ahead of this game, and as we know, not all Iranians see their national football team as the team that they used to totally love and sometimes see it as an extension of a regime that they don't necessarily support so I think that was expected, but for now, Iran, the players, the squad and the manager, Amir Ghalenoei, need to concentrate on their opening fixture in group G."