FIFA dismisses Belgium appeal over decision on USA's Folarin Balogun

FIFA denied Belgium’s entreaty complete nan determination to suspend USA World Cup prima Folarin Balogun’s one-game prohibition for a reddish paper successful a Round of 32 lucifer against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The FIFA Appeal Committee issued a connection hours earlier kickoff betwixt nan U.S. and Belgium.

"The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a petition submitted by nan Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) arsenic inadmissible successful narration to nan FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s determination to suspend for 1 twelvemonth nan lucifer suspension imposed connected United States national-team subordinate Folarin Balogun pursuing his dismissal for a nonstop reddish paper during nan FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer betwixt nan United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, played connected 1 July 2026 astatine San Francisco Bay Area Stadium," FIFA said. "The chairperson of nan FIFA Appeal Committee, Neil Eggleston (from nan United States), was not progressive successful nan decision.

"The petition was rendered inadmissible connected nan grounds that nan RBFA is not a statement to nan proceedings and, arsenic such, has nary opinionated to entreaty nan decision."

The RBFA responded aft nan determination was made.

"To date, nan RBFA has still not received immoderate grounds for this decision, nor has it received nan accusation it has been requesting since nan commencement of this process id est a transcript of nan determination and nan information declaring nan subordinate eligible arsenic good arsenic nan referee's report. Which is simply a breach of FIFA regulations," nan federation said.

"The RBFA has informed nan United States Soccer Federation that it contests nan eligibility of nan player, should nan subordinate beryllium listed connected nan referee's squad sheet. This leaves each further actions open."

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