US striker had red card ban suspended for Belgium game.
US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino says he regrets not being “more involved” in the situation surrounding US forward Folarin Balogun at this summer’s World Cup.
Speaking with broadcaster Andrés Cantor, Pochettino said he was not involved in the decision – though in retrospect, he may have preferred to be.
Pochettino also said that the group who participated in US Soccer’s efforts to get Balogun on the field against Belgium may have been too large for his liking.
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In his remarks to Cantor, Pochettino said the opposition surrounding the Balogun situation actively contributed to the loss. Pochettino also said the group who participated in US Soccer’s efforts to get Balogun on the field against Belgium may have been too large for his liking.
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US striker had red card ban suspended for Belgium game.
Trump said he called Infantino asking for review.
US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino says he regrets not being “more involved” in the situation surrounding US forward Folarin Balogun at this summer’s World Cup.
Balogun was given a red card after a challenge against Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemović, which by rule is accompanied with a one-game suspension. Balogun’s ban for the next game against Belgium was suspended after the US Soccer Federation and US president Donald Trump lobbied Fifa, with Trump saying that he personally placed a call to Fifa president Gianni Infantino to ask the ruling be reviewed. Infantino maintains that the decision to reinstate Balogun was made independently by Fifa’s disciplinary committee.
Speaking with broadcaster Andrés Cantor, Pochettino said he was not involved in the decision – though in retrospect, he may have preferred to be.
“Maybe I regret not having been more involved,” Pochettino said in the Spanish-language interview for Fútbol de Primera.
In his remarks to Cantor, Pochettino said that the opposition surrounding the Balogun situation actively contributed to the loss.
Pochettino also said that the group who participated in US Soccer’s efforts to get Balogun on the field against Belgium may have been too large for his liking.
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