Balogun put the hosts in the lead in the 57th minute with his fourth goal in his last four appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n
– MLS’ Sullivan, 16, gets 1st goals, U.S. record<\/a> Luck was on his side when his header connected with a cross; the ball bounced back on an opponent then on his leg before crossing the goalline.<\/p>\n Monaco dominated and deservedly doubled its lead in the 62nd when Simon Adingra<\/a> slotted home with a powerful curled shot from outside the box.<\/p>\n Monaco posted a third straight win and moved up to seventh in the standings, with 12th-placed Angers lagging eight points behind.<\/p>\n Balogun also scored twice in Monaco’s 3-2 home loss to Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> in the first leg of their Champions League playoff defeat.<\/p>\n After just three goals in his previous 15 games, the former Arsenal<\/a> player appears to be hitting form at just the right time ahead of this summer’s World Cup.<\/p>\n Balogun is set to play a key role in the United States<\/a> team as it heads into the tournament, which the U.S. will co-host alongside Canada<\/a> and Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old has eight goals in 23 international appearances.<\/p>\n The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 28, 2026, 06:24 PM ET American forward Folarin Balogun continued his excellent run of form with another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-497199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Sargent joins TFC after ‘unfortunate’ Norwich exit<\/a>
– Ranked: Top 50 USMNT players of 2026, based on club form<\/a><\/p>\nMonaco’s U.S. forward Folarin Balogun celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during their win over Angers.\u00a0Valery HACHE \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n