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Gutiérrez and Vargas started their international careers representing Team USA at youth level, but FIFA’s one-time switch rule allowed them to change allegiances.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Blackpool, on the coast of northwest England, is a window into shifting political allegiances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Born in France, Wahi switched allegiances to the African nation in March and started in the Ivory Coast's opening 1-0 World Cup Group E victory over Ecuador on Sunday.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The owner, it turned out, was a silver-tongued 86-year-old with fierce allegiances to Fidel Castro.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

All of a man’s crimes were wiped away when he took the black, and all of his allegiances as well, yet he found it hard to think of Janos Slynt as a brother.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin