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FIFA lifts Balogun ban, $40K US fine, streak ends

7/12/2026

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FIFA lifted Balogun’s one-match red-card suspension, letting him start the round-of-16 match against Belgium in Seattle.
FIFA invoked Article 27, fined the U.S. Soccer Federation $40,000, and declared the Belgian FA’s appeal inadmissible.
UEFA, the Belgian FA, former players Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville, and U.S. President Donald Trump condemned the ruling as the United States lost 4-1, ending a 24-year quarter-final streak.

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FIFA lifted Balogun’s one-match red-card suspension, letting him start the round-of-16 match against Belgium in Seattle.
FIFA invoked Article 27, fined the U.S. Soccer Federation $40,000, and declared the Belgian FA’s appeal inadmissible.
UEFA, the Belgian FA, former players Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville, and U.S. President Donald Trump condemned the ruling as the United States lost 4-1, ending a 24-year quarter-final streak.