‘Thank you FIFA for reversing a great injustice!’ How Trump, teammates reacted to Balogun’s reversed red card

The whole world thought the United States would have to be without its star striker, Folarin Balogun, for its crucial World Cup round-of-16 game against Belgium. Balogun had been shown a straight red card in the U.S.’s previous World Cup match, the 2-0 round-of-32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, triggering an automatic one-game ban, which multiple FIFA officials had told The Athletic could not be appealed. But on Sunday afternoon, just a day before the USMNT faces Belgium at Lumen Field in Seattle, The Athletic revealed Balogun would, in fact, be available. This was later confirmed by statements from FIFA,…