{"id":535726,"date":"2026-07-06T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535726\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:52:09","slug":"how-is-fifa-justifying-the-mad-decision-to-let-a-us-footballer-play-after-he-got-a-red-card-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535726\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Fifa justifying the mad decision to let a US footballer play after he got a red card? &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPLUhiNkJyY2x5RjQ1ZzJWeDY4MmJ5Rjd3dkJkaUQyTlRHcVNMR1pxTWVKZmxrT0RPNExhbUJjdGxuWm0yQWZYRFhmcUlOcEFnWE9Tek9FTWkwTy0zSUl2TzN3UnFfVHI4XzdYd1pkeVRfWnhXcnBFQmR2Y1NKOFJmaDZsY2R6Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How is Fifa justifying the mad decision to let a US footballer play after he got a red card?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPT3J3b1BJU0o5alM3V0IwTG84Y1IzaE5LVUM0c0F3a09mNHN2OXh1aVlKb0JIclo3MWFGWnE1SENLRDV4OFlBYUdJSUZSNXVlSDQxVXRsWDZ1a0dtNXI2VlNETE4yeFAxM3BLTHlBZVdMQVQ0dENRbG5lWno2Q2VienNrb3N5QjQwQnZ0OHZfZ1VDaHhaR0pMM1diVEF3UTdhOUdn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA&#8217;s Balogun decision &#8216;crossed a red line&#8217; says UEFA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQX1dHODBxWEdXanZmUWhEck00WjdlcmUxaWEzMUlvMy16M04wNnRyaTZsNWtGU3FoZzB2ZzFfUUdlNTVabmpyaHdIQm4zSFJhSlF3emdFWWxLV3A4NUJqR0xPVHpiTUVMcVE2VjhJaVhOOG9fbFA2Znl3elRaM0tjdy1HLTA4OVpiM21qaktna25yRFZwMlQw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Belgium granted right to appeal against FIFA\u2019s Folarin Balogun ban decision &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQdXlPYl9zZUMyVWctd19XLVlyN2w5UDBSQmNiS3lqUmJpSnY0MVpGSk1RandNYXI4N04xYzJGU3R4Zy1VaWZhdUR5MEY2OV80aTFBQlVzUjQxcTk0MVJ1akFXeVpjZGFCdTVOU0ZDRlozYjBMbnQxd2U5T0lRWG1TT2QyVWNHSlpwUlk3OVMxdUJpMUVxZXlIbHdLR3hhTUdWYUFfQjUzZGZqbW5EUnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UEFA statement on the Balogun case<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;UEFA.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTFBoSmh3YjVtRmR1RnNka1FQS2VaNWtiOFJpRU52enNZcjFBaU5KWHdXbmdoNGRQVjZHZkszUUxTTjA5bDV5UE1qbDN3VXBnNVlRcmh4MjFnblI3NEhkb0thclhTWmh0Tzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026: Uefa claim &#8216;integrity of the game is at stake&#8217; over Fifa&#8217;s Folarin Balogun decision<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How is Fifa justifying the mad decision to let a US footballer play after he got a red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[969,3970,2956,213109,1128,53114,42,227729,43,227730,115774,3405,12302,40,38,41,39,4018],"class_list":["post-535726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-explainer","tag-fifa","tag-folarin-balogun","tag-football","tag-gianni-infantino","tag-headlines","tag-match-ban","tag-news","tag-power-play","tag-red-card","tag-soccer","tag-suspension","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}