World Cup 2026

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Norway!! Great win wow!!
 

Balogun Cleared to Play​

For much of the weekend, it appeared the United States would be without leading scorer Folarin Balogun after his controversial red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

That changed Sunday.

FIFA suspended Balogun’s one-match ban, making him available against Belgium in a major boost for the Americans. The decision dramatically altered both the tactical outlook and the betting market heading into kickoff.
 
A far more eloquent evaluation of the game than my, "They're playing like CRAP!!!"

Missed opportunity for the Americans​

With tens of millions of Americans watching, with buzz and popular support like never before, in primetime on a Monday night with a global spotlight glaring, this was an unprecedented opportunity for the USMNT, for these American players and for the sport.

And they squandered it.

They flunked the biggest test of their life.

They got beat, badly, by a team that on paper was not that much better than them, if it was even better at all.

The USMNT was favored to beat a powerful European team in the World Cup’s round of 16 for the first time ever. But with all the momentum in the world, with more talent than ever before, it looked just like the 2022 team that lost to the Netherlands. It looked just like the 2014 team that lost to Belgium, or the 2010 team that lost to Ghana. It looked far worse than the 2002 team that beat Mexico at this very same stage, then gave the Germans all they could handle in a quarterfinal.
 

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