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Definite Miami vibes.
Another question for those of you who follow soccer, are the officials being unusually liberal with the red cards? Are there shady dealings going on?
Wow, Mexico-England
I don't think I've ever seen momentum shift so fast in a soccer game
political leaders should generally stay out of sports governance
lol
This short video's gonna get some use! Noice!!
All I know is, Go America!
I think everyone but Belgium will be quiet...
-Just incase they need the same treatment. (These refs are on their second or third game of the tournament...after HOW many games? No inconsistencies there...)
-To not poke the FIFA bear...and avoid getting some bad calls against them durting the remainder of the tourney.
-If you dont have anything nice to say...
I feel like this a "multiple things can be true" moment.
- the idea of teams where a player flings themselves to the ground holding their face after getting bumped in the hip crying about "sports integrity" is laughable
- if the card was not a great call and there needs to be some kind of review process, create one for the next world cup, not halfway through the tournament
- the commentators have been saying "win at any cost" in every game I've seen so far. Maybe turn down that nonsense if people actually care about sportsmanship
- political leaders should generally stay out of sports governance
I was expecting something akin to the proverbial clock on the vcr and got gold nugget after gold nugget akin to grampa Simpson giving Bart a good talking to.
If Mmmbop gets a legit red without VAR intervention and got allowed to play, yes.
But if they misused VAR to give a flagrantly bad red card, and reversed it, I think people would understand.
Aside from Belgium, I wanna hear other nation's reactions.
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I have mixed feelings. I don't think the red card was the right call originally. I'm happy that Balogun will be available for the Belgium game. But I'm worried Belgium will play pissed off. Justifiably so.
And I really don't like the precedent. Suppose Mbappe gets a red card against Morocco and then that card is suspended so he can play in the semifinal. Imagine the outrage. Not a fan.
It would have been a better story for the US to beat Belgium without Balogun and go into the quarterfinal with him back in the lineup. I'd rather the US be the team that has a reason to play fired up rather than Belgium. This decision may end up doing us more harm than good tbh.
Context matters.
FIFA suspending Balogun's red card so he can play for the USMNT tomorrow is the kind of FIFA corruption that used to only happen for the rest of the soccer world.The USA has finally made it to the big leagues.— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) July 5, 2026
When everyone was zooming in on the 0.1 seconds before the step, they kept forgetting that balogan got fouled from behind and was stumbling off-balance... Which is why the ref initially let the us play with advantage due to the foul on the defender
Or the threats were heard. My guess as host, it would be a shame if the rest of the tourney didn't go as FIFA was hoping 😉 .
Good. Never should have been a red card.
That must have been a huge bag tho
Lmao the checks cleared!
Lets go!!! Huge
It seems as the powers that be agree with me.
Well, I saw Frank play, his senior year was my rat year. Let me tell you about that bowl game and that fabulous grill in Memphis with the steaks from heaven, or maybe I'll just take a nap.
Balogun is back!
You could call the column, "OK Grampa". 😂
This is epic level "get off my lawn". Love it.
Holy shit on that last ball that juuuuuuuust went wide. Would have been a devastating own goal. Hell of an effort by England hanging on to that being down a man for 30+mins against Mexico in Azteca