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FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee suspended US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game red card ban in exchange for a probationary period of one year.<\/p>\n

The decision was announced after President Donald Trump called FIFA President\u00a0Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the red card.<\/p>\n

The suspended red card means Balogun can play in Monday night’s win-or-go-home match in Seattle versus Belgium.<\/p>\n

But the decision has faced harsh criticism from fans and The Union of European Football Associations, which said the red card suspension “crossed a red line.”<\/p>\n

What does the red card debacle tell us about political interference in elite soccer?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0\u00a0sign up for C\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Tiffany Vera Castro. <\/p>\n

Our director is Kai McNamee.<\/p>\n

It was edited by William Troop and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Or interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Read more How Hong Kong\u2019s political opposition was silenced<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee suspended US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game red card ban in exchange for a probationary period of one year.<\/p>\n

The decision was announced after President Donald Trump called FIFA President\u00a0Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the red card.<\/p>\n

The suspended red card means Balogun can play in Monday night’s win-or-go-home match in Seattle versus Belgium.<\/p>\n

But the decision has faced harsh criticism from fans and The Union of European Football Associations, which said the red card suspension “crossed a red line.”<\/p>\n

What does the red card debacle tell us about political interference in elite soccer?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0Consider This,<\/em>\u00a0sign up for Consider This+<\/em>\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Tiffany Vera Castro. <\/p>\n

Our director is Kai McNamee.<\/p>\n

It was edited by William Troop and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Or interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nFIFA's red card reversal: Fair play or political interference? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4785\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA's red card reversal: Fair play or political interference? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FIFA's Disciplinary Committee suspended US striker Folarin Balogun's one-game red card ban in exchange for a probationary period of one year.The decision was announced after President Donald Trump called FIFA President\u00a0Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the red card.The suspended red card means Balogun can play in Monday night's win-or-go-home match in Seattle versus Belgium.But the decision has faced harsh criticism from fans and The Union of European Football Associations, which said the red card suspension "crossed a red line."What does the red card debacle tell us about political interference in elite soccer?For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0Consider This,\u00a0sign up for Consider This+\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org.\u00a0Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Tiffany Vera Castro. 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