FIFA dismisses Belgium appeal over decision on USA's Folarin Balogun

FIFA denied Belgium’s entreaty implicit the determination to suspend USA World Cup prima Folarin Balogun’s one-game prohibition for a reddish paper successful a Round of 32 lucifer against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The FIFA Appeal Committee issued a connection hours earlier kickoff betwixt the U.S. and Belgium.

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United States' Folarin Balogun celebrates aft scoring the opening extremity during the World Cup circular of 32 shot lucifer betwixt the United States and Bosnia successful Santa Clara, Calif., adjacent San Francisco, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

"The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a petition submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) arsenic inadmissible successful narration to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s determination to suspend for 1 twelvemonth the lucifer suspension imposed connected United States national-team subordinate Folarin Balogun pursuing his dismissal for a nonstop reddish paper during the FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer betwixt the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, played connected 1 July 2026 astatine San Francisco Bay Area Stadium," FIFA said. "The chairperson of the FIFA Appeal Committee, Neil Eggleston (from the United States), was not progressive successful the decision.

"The petition was rendered inadmissible connected the grounds that the RBFA is not a enactment to the proceedings and, arsenic such, has nary lasting to entreaty the decision."

Folarin Balogun of the U.S. men's nationalist squad speaks to media earlier grooming successful Seattle, Washington, connected July 3, 2026. (Steven Bisig / Imagn Images)

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The RBFA responded aft the determination was made.

"To date, the RBFA has inactive not received immoderate grounds for this decision, nor has it received the accusation it has been requesting since the commencement of this process id est a transcript of the determination and the information declaring the subordinate eligible arsenic good arsenic the referee's report. Which is simply a breach of FIFA regulations," the federation said.

United States' Folarin Balogun celebrates aft scoring the opening extremity during the World Cup circular of 32 shot lucifer betwixt the United States and Bosnia successful Santa Clara, Calif., adjacent San Francisco, Wednesday, July 1, 2026.  (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

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"The RBFA has informed the United States Soccer Federation that it contests the eligibility of the player, should the subordinate beryllium listed connected the referee's squad sheet. This leaves each further actions open."