After choosing to represent the USA ahead of Nigeria and England, Folarin Balogun is playing at the World Cup with the USMNT, and he is eager to make an impact on American soil. ABIODUN ADEWALE explores the player’s American dream in this interview with Get French Football
Lots of people are kind of looking at you now, even maybe more so than, say, Pulisic, as almost the leader of the attack at this year’s World Cup. Would you say that you have a very pivotal role to play for the US this summer?
Yeah, definitely. I think it’s an opportunity, as I said, but it’s also the biggest sporting event in the world. There are going to be millions, if not billions, of eyes watching it. This is a great opportunity for me to showcase my talent. It’s what you want as a child.
I think with great pressure also comes great responsibility. But overall, I’m very excited, and it’s important to take my club form into the international stage and be a pivotal player.
What do you do to ensure that this pressure a good feeling, a good pressure, not a bad pressure?
