From the NEW York Times:
“President Trump called Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, in the hours after the United States men’s soccer team played Wednesday and asked him to review the suspension of the team’s top goal scorer in the World Cup, Folarin Balogun, after he was given a red card, according to four people familiar with the conversation.
“On Sunday, FIFA reversed the suspension, announcing that Mr. Balogun would be eligible to play Monday against Belgium.
“The reversal is highly unusual and is the first time since 1962 that FIFA has allowed a player to appear in a game when they would have been suspended after being sent off in the World Cup.”
Why would any team, except the United States, want to play inside this country now that FIFA is following the rules of the Orange Man instead of its own?
Games to be played in the United States should be moved to Canada and Mexico, where they can be played fairly without interference from someone off the field of play. The stadiums are there. The schedule can be rearranged. The outcomes will be honest, which is not a rarity in our country.