The red card was bunk. However, Balogun should do the honorable thing and sit out this game. It’s also the smart move, as you don’t want to be indebted to this mobster.
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2026 World Cup - USA team thread
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Exactly. Everyone knows the foul did not rise to a red card and this is the fallout from an incompetent ref exercising incredibly bad judgment.
FIFA has zero shame. Hell they invented a "peace" prize just for this World Cup.....everyone around the planet understands how corrupt FIFA is....they like the US just do it in your face now. To be fair FIFA is a master at corruption and has a pretty long history of it.
irony
Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Yoruba Nigerian parents.[8][9] This made Balogun a US citizen. His parents were living in London, and visited New York when his mother was seven months pregnant with him. Airline staff did not allow her to board the family's return flight to London due to safety concerns over the advanced state of her pregnancy, and Balogun was subsequently born in New York.[10] He returned to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was two months old and grew up in London.[11][12][13]
Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Yoruba Nigerian parents.[8][9] This made Balogun a US citizen. His parents were living in London, and visited New York when his mother was seven months pregnant with him. Airline staff did not allow her to board the family's return flight to London due to safety concerns over the advanced state of her pregnancy, and Balogun was subsequently born in New York.[10] He returned to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was two months old and grew up in London.[11][12][13]
Haha.
#2 just left to drive up to Seattle with friends. They don't have tickets, but pretty sure they are going to the watch party near the stadium.
I’m curious to see if England challenges the one-game suspension mandated by the red card last night. We shall see. #FIFAcorrupt.
Edit I’m surely not the first to ask, I did not check. Apologies.
FIFA rejects Belgium request; Balogun still clear to play vs. Belgium
FIFA has ruled a request from the Belgium federation for an explanation of Folarin Balogun's suspended red card as "inadmissible," meaning they have no grounds to appeal the decision and the U.S. forward remains cleared to play against them Monday.
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Loves it. Goes to Boston a lot. Unfortunately, becoming a bit of a Celtics fan, but I told her no Bruins and no Red Sox. I don't have to worry about the Patriots. She's Birds all the way.
I really wish President Trump would have stayed completely out of this. Additionally, his rhetoric is uncalled for. Please Mr. President, I ask you kindly, be quiet, you've done enough damage.
France:
Sorry - this says France wants one of their yellow cards overturned.
As long as we’re making fun of French, can anyone translate “a seal pushed me yesterday” into French?
These officials are corrupt. 
Ahem, @Erial_Lion don't you just love how I call out overt bias and it somehow gets corrected. It would never happen in the B1G.
Ahem, @Erial_Lion don't you just love how I call out overt bias and it somehow gets corrected. It would never happen in the B1G.