Florida's Draw for the Brazilian Community

 That the U.S. Men's National Team needs to do well against Brazil to build momentum before the Copa America tournament, which starts in a week and a half. Two teams played a tough Allstate Continental Clásico on Wednesday at Camping World Stadium, but there was no difference between them. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. There were 60,016 people at the game, which is the most ever at a Florida senior team game. Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, said in a statement after the game, "We are so proud of our community for coming out in such large numbers tonight." "This record number of fans shows not only how much people love soccer in Orlando, but also how well-known we are as the best place in the country to hold major sports events."

The US put pressure on right away, with two shots on goal in the first six minutes

They had just lost 5-1 to Colombia the previous weekend. In the fifth minute, Yunus Musah fired a rocket from outside the box that hit the bottom of the crossbar. It almost went over the goal line, but it didn't. Even though they were under a lot of heat, the Brazilians scored first. Matt Turner, the American goalie, lost the ball in the attacking third because he wasn't passing it well. Raphinha made a great pass to Rodrygo, a forward for Real Madrid. This let the Seleção quickly take advantage of the mistake and make it 1-0 in the 17th minute.The U.S. kept moving forward and got a free kick in the 25th minute just outside the box. The player from Hershey, Pennsylvania, scored after captain Christian Pulisic was taken down on his way to the goal. His low kick went just past the wall of Brazil and out of reach of Alisson, the Brazilian goalie. This made the score 1-1. "Christian has been in charge of this team from the start, and I think he loves it." He scored a goal, and coach Gregg Berhalter said, "Guys look up to him." "He's focused on the team and will always try to help out. I think he had a great offensive game overall." Both goalkeepers worked very hard in the second half to keep both teams from scoring. The USMNT's first draw against Brazil ended in a tie. It is also only the second time in history that the US has won a game against a South American team. The overall score is 1-18-1. "We really believe we took a step forward." "Being able to play against a very good Brazil team and bend but not break is a small step, but it's a step nonetheless," said Berhalter. "So, taking everything into account, it's a good thing for us to get ready for Copa America." The USMNT's first game in the event is on June 23 against Bolivia. Bolsonaro, who was president of Brazil at the time and was known for being very conservative, went to Orlando last summer and rode in a motociata, a motorcycle parade in his honor, with hundreds of Brazilians living outside of Brazil. Larissa and Mario Martins, who are married and run an important group for Brazilians living outside of Brazil called Yes Brazil USA from Margate in Broward County, put it together.

Bolsonaro is also a Christian nationalist on the right

As is Yes Brazil USA. A fifth of the Brazilian diaspora in the U.S. lives in Florida and is made up of 163,000 Brazilian expats. They strongly back Bolsonaro for president. Many of them, if not most of them, believe his false claim that he lost the Brazilian presidential race in October because of a rigged system. They also support his choice not to concede to his leftist opponent, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. So it shouldn't have been a surprise that Bolsonaro flew to Florida the night before Lula's big day on January 1. He has been living at a house outside of Orlando. His expat fans, who call themselves Bolsonaristas and often wear their famous yellow-and-green soccer jerseys, praise him and take selfies with him. At the same time, pro-Bolsonaro protests have been held all over Florida by groups like Yes Brazil USA. These groups, like the U.S.'s #MAGA movement, use religious language to explain their positions, such as not believing the results of the election. This month, Larissa Martins told the diaspora show Brazil: Terra de Gigantes (Brazil: Land of Giants), "I know in my heart that Yes Brazil USA is doing the work of God" in that area. She said that the group was created right after Bolsonaro was violently stabbed by a crazy leftist during his 2018 campaign for president. Antônio Pedro Martins, Mario Martins' grandpa, was a Brazilian senator. His party backed the right-wing military dictatorship from 1964–1985, which Bolsonaro likes to talk about. Mario said that Yes Brazil USA's work was "a spiritual war against evil forces inside and outside of Brazil" in the talk with Terra de Gigantes. Bolsonaro supporters, on the other hand, destroyed the National Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto presidential house on January 8 in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, and called for the military to take back power. Since then, some people have said that Bolsonarist groups in the US, such as Yes Brazil USA, may be working with evil forces. They say that the famous right-wing Brazilian social media personality and wanted man Allan dos Santos is a clear example.

Amanda Audi, a Brazilian reporter in São Paulo, Brazil

For the online news site The Brazilian Report, says that Bolsonarists in Florida forget that Allan dos Santos is still subject to Brazilian law. Audi has been paying close attention to the case of Dos Santos, who has taken refuge in central Florida with the backing of many expats because he is wanted for arrest in Brazil for a video with a lot of bad language that he posted on his blog Terça Livre (Free Tuesday) in 2020. Federal authorities say he made threats against Luis Roberto Barroso, a justice on the Supreme Court who was looking into Dos Santos' campaigns to spread false information. "You'll see what we're going to do soon!" There is a part of the video where Dos Santos yells very loudly. Dos Santos says the charge is false. But in Brazil, he is known for being good at using apps like Telegram to spread false information about the COVID-19 pandemic, the voting system, and people who are against Bolsonaro. One of Bolsonaro's health officials criticized his often hostile pandemic denial, which critics say helped make Brazil the country with the second-highest COVID death toll in the world. In response, Terça Livre spread lies about him being a sexual pervert.