Despite the outcome of the athletic competition, one clear winner was identified early in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Palestine. Dubbed as the “33rd” team in the World Cup, fans demanded Palestine dominate the spotlight. Positioning Palestine at the forefront forced spectators, commentators, journalists, and international leaders to witness broad unity between the Palestinian people and their Arab counterparts. This study focuses on the support for Palestine that was expressed by Arab fans who reject normalization between their governments and Israel while also exploring how solidarity was witnessed and processed by Palestinians in the diaspora, with a special focus on Palestinians in Chicago. The relationship between the experience of exile and witnessing acts of solidarity are interrogated through the lived experiences of World Cup viewers, the documentation of Palestinian solidarity in the press, and the firsthand experiences of fans attending the World Cup. Generations of Palestinians who never witnessed extensive transnational solidarity for Palestine in an Arab country watched history in the making. The first World Cup in an Arab and Muslim majority country paved the way for tens of thousands of fans to use the platform as a stage for a public display of Palestinian support. This support most notably came from Morocco’s fans and their team, which stood as a symbol of triumph against the legacy of colonization in the region. This support was organic, not state sponsored, and extended from the stadium stands in Doha to the streets of Chicago. As their team advanced, fans of Morocco danced, waved Palestinian flags, and cheered in Doha’s Souq Waqif, while fans joined together in Chicago to rejoice. This paper explores the multiple dimensions of witnessing transnational solidarity while being Palestinian in the diaspora. How did spectators experience, internalize, and process the Palestinian solidarity taking place at a live football tournament? What does the massive public display of support for Palestine say about the disconnect between the governmental policies of Arab nations and their citizens? Through a collection of interviews, observations, and analysis of video footage from the 2022 World Cup, this paper documents the lived experiences of pro-Palestinian fans and members of the diaspora who witnessed the grandest public, universally televised display of transnational solidarity with Palestine to ever take place in their lifetimes.