Sources: President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers — from outside the government — to challenge the Flo Balogun red card. Specifically they challenged the use of slow motion instant replay to give the red card, which they argued violated FIFA rules. The president also conveyed to Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, that the appeal had been filed and he believed the red card penalty was excessive. FIFA’s independent committee reviewed the decision and agreed the penalty was incorrectly given, rescinding it under their rule 27 authority.
FIFA is a just, judicious and highly reputable institution that does a brilliant job of stewarding the game that we love in an honest and upstanding manner, I’ve always said this
Shout out FIFA. I think we can all agree FIFA is a great organization that always does the right thing and in no way is this about it directly benefiting USMNT
FIFA has cleared the way for U.S. men’s national team forward Folarin Balogun to play in the USA’s round of 16 match against Belgium in Seattle on Monday, multiple sources tell me and @MelissaMOrtiz . @FOXSoccer: https://t.co/Uaw9OE6mqQ
Waking up the morning after your country’s just been pumped out the World Cup to streets full of Africans celebrating. Then you realise you have to go to work to pay for these parasites to be here.