{"id":4339,"date":"2026-07-05T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:35:30","slug":"folarin-balogun-can-play-for-united-states-vs-belgium-after-one-match-ban-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4339","title":{"rendered":"Folarin Balogun can play for United States vs. Belgium after one-match ban suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>SEATTLE \u2014 Folarin Balogun\u2019s one-game ban was suspended by FIFA on Sunday, allowing the forward to play in the United States\u2019 World Cup round of 16 game against Belgium on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4337\">A literary exploration of the lives of girls and women, from a writer more Americans should read<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Balogun, who leads the Americans with three goals, received a red card for stepping on the foot of Tarik Muharemovi\u0107 of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 2-0 round of 32 win on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe implementation of the match suspension is suspended for a probationary period of one year,\u201d FIFA announced Sunday. \u201cIf Folarin Balogun commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period, the suspension shall be revoked and the sanction enforced without prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4335\">Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular: How to watch and everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The host US is seeking to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. The Americans lost in the round of 16 to Ghana in 2010, Belgium in 2014 and the Netherlands in 2022. They failed to advance from the group stage in 2006 and didn\u2019t qualify for the 2018 tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4333\">Wikipedia is battling for the soul of the Internet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balogun received a red card in the 2-0 United States victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Folarin Balogun can play for United States vs. Belgium after one-match ban suspended - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4339\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Folarin Balogun can play for United States vs. Belgium after one-match ban suspended - 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