It’s hard to believe other countries in the tournament wouldn’t have done exactly what the Americans did here.

Balogun's U.S. teammates said they found about it on the bus to training. "I thought it was AI at first," defender Chris Richards said.

FIFA gave the U.S. striker Folarin Balogun, the team’s leading goal scorer at this World Cup, a rare reprieve for his controversial red card, allowing him to play against Belgium.