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FIFA, a USMNT striker, and the geopolitics of a lifted red card
UEFA accuses FIFA of crossing a "red line" by letting USMNT striker Folarin Balogun dodge an automatic one-match ban after his red card. Belgium has reportedly lawyered up. Washington is thanking the federation. The episode is small in sporting terms and large in governance ones.

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