BREAKING: All 55 UEFA member associations have agreed to boycott the men's and women's World Cups as a protest against Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a 21% stake in the World Cups' commercial assets to private investors.
Infantino's proposal would be one of the most consequential transactions in sports history, so I spent the last 24 hours digging into every detail of the deal. Here's what I learned: https://t.co/jtBodVZV9F
Cristo Fernandez rose to fame in the Apple TV+ hit series Ted Lasso, where he played the role of a soccer player named Dani Rojas.
Saturday, Fernandez made his professional soccer debut in El Paso Locomotive's USL Cup game vs. New Mexico United.
So to recap what happened with the USMNT:
• Balogun received a bogus red card
• VAR protocol isn't followed (no slow-mo)
• Trump calls Infantino to ask about the process
• US Soccer lawyers preapre & submit an appeal
FIFA's independent 18-person disciplinary committee then met, approved the appeal, and told Balogun he could play in Monday's match against Belgium.
That's what everyone is complaining about?
All rules were followed, and that same process is open to every other country. The only difference is everyone knows the red card was a mistake to begin with.
President Trump confirms he asked FIFA to review the red card suspension of U.S. men's national team striker Folarin Balogun, calling the decision "very unfair."
"It wasn't a foul. That wasn't even an infraction," Trump says. “It’s one thing to penalize somebody for the game, but how do you penalize them for a game that hasn't been played yet? It's very unfair. You can't do that. So, yes, I asked for a review by FIFA.”