Five Iranian soccer players don green for qualifying match

In what was one of the biggest soccer matches for Iran in recent years, five players on the team showed support for the demonstrators in Iran by wearing green. From McClatchy:

Five of the players, including captain Ali Karimi, front row second from left, wore green wristbands in an apparent sign of support for Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.

According to CNN, the players took the wristbands off at halftime.

Iran was playing South Korea in Seoul.

Iran tied the match, which puts them in jeopardy of missing out on a World Cup qualifying spot.

Iran, fourth in the standings going into the match, needed to beat group leaders South Korea and hope North Korea and Saudi Arabia drew to secure the second automatic qualification slot.