Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M

FC Barcelona & FC Dallas fan. Hoping to see Barca win the Champions League again or Dallas wins their 1st MLS Cup. Can't wait for the 2026 World Cup!

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

Mark this day, June 7th, 2023 in the history books. This is now American history. The greatest soccer player in the world is coming to America.

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

🇦🇷🐐 IT'S OFFICIAL: LIONEL MESSI ANNOUNCES HE'S JOINING INTER MIAMI!!!!!

https://t.co/ei66sQdmIb

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

Balogun starting? Oh, we as a nation truly don't give a fuck 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

We as a nation are having a moment of unity, the likes we haven't seen in a good while. And we will win today because, as Joe Biden put it:

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

THE ROUND OF 16 XI FOR THE @USMNT VS BELGIUM 🇺🇸

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

Please, I ask again. This time to whoever's in charge in Lumen Field in Seattle. Please play the US national anthem at normal speed, don't 2x it

[Ian Hest 🟦 @IanHest]

Notice you haven’t heard from the South Americans on Flo’s red card suspension. None from Africa or Asia or even the USA’s CONCACAF rivals…

It’s just the Euro snobs that are whining and complaining cause for once they don’t get their way and they need to throw a temper tantrum

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

Note that it's ONLY Europe that is raising a storm about Balogun's red card suspension. CONMEBOL doesn't give a shit about it

[Coach Cam @CamJordan4Fins]

Not only does Zlatan believe there never should have been a red card, he believes the reversal should have been made SOONER. You expect me to believe twitter losers over Ibra?? 😂😂

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

So, Norway. Erling Haaland. All of Mexico would like to ask for a favor...

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

@ManagerTactical I'm so annoyed! Everyone makes fun of Pickford for supposedly having small arms. Where was that vs Mexico? Mexico should have scored 2 more goals

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WHOLE "PICKFORD HAS SMALL ARMS" BULLSHIT? WE SHOULD HAVE SCORED 2 MORE GOALS!!!

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

It's do or die, Mexico. Por la patria!!!!!
WE WILL NOT BE COLONIZED AGAIN!!!!!! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

@BrentScher Bruh, they acting like if Balogun is the 2025 Ballon d'Or winner and won multiple Champions League titles. It's just shows that Belgium is nowhere confident in their team to get the job done, with or without Balogun on the US field

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:

BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.

The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.

When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.

In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.

This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.

The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

@MattWi77iams All these should have been reds if Balogun had it. But you didn't hear anyone outside of our fan base calling for justice and equality in the referee decisions. Just a bunch of hypocrites

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

@ShedainaD Just show them this short vid and note that none of the others saw a red

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

I'm not willing to hear any "corruption" arguments against my national team, especially from Europeans. You guys were not calling for other players to get red cards that committed similar challenges like Balogun's. Only US fans were saying that, fuck you.

[shedaina 🇭🇹🇺🇸 @ShedainaD]

usmnt corruption allegations

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

All these Europeans complaining about the suspension of Balogun's red card will hit like crack cocaine when tomorrow the U.S. beats Belgium without having him scoring any of our goals.

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

@stuholden This is going to hit so good when we play tomorrow and every goal we scored to beat Belgium is from anyone other than Balogun with all this complaining

[Stars n Stripes FC 🇺🇸 @starsnstripesfc]

Reminder that Belgium is only in the Round of 16 because they scored 2 goals on a push in the back and a weak penalty given to them 😂😂😂

These are the people calling corruption

Senegal 🇸🇳 should be the ones up in arms!

[Giancarlo @GJacome10]

I’d argue VAR referees circumventing VAR guidelines and calling the referee to review the play puts into question the integrity of competition. I’d argue FIFA knowing that VAR referees acted incorrectly resulting in a key player being wrongfully suspended a game and doing nothing about it puts into question the integrity of the game. I’d argue righting the ship by removing the wrongful decision does quite the opposite of what you suggested, it’s actually shows integrity.

[Emmanuel with 2 M's, not 1 M @Emmanuelwith2Ms]

The 2002 debt has been paid.

[Kelvin Loyola @KelvinLoyola]

I remind those angry that FIFA is doing the USMNT favors that FIFA also allowed this in 2002 against the U.S. in a quarterfinal with Germany against the wall.

They owe us one.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”