UPDATED at 12:10 p.m.: FIFA quickly denied an appeal by Belgian soccer authorities over the repeal of USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension after his red card in the team’s last World Cup game against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday. That, according to multiple reports.
The U.S. match against Belgium is tonight.
“The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a request submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) as inadmissible,” according to a statement from FIFA.
“The request was rendered inadmissible on the grounds that the RBFA is not a party to the proceedings and, as such, has no
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