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US Soccer Doesn’t Need a Big, Orange Thumb on the Scale
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2:17Now PlayingThree phone calls and one mysteriously cancelled red card later, we’ll never know if the US could have won fairly.
As the US soccer team prepares to face off against Belgium, the question isn’t whether their aggressive and quick play style can defeat an opponent that humiliated them back in March—it’s what Donald Trump’s role in the decision to suspend star striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban means for the integrity of the World Cup.
And, well, the integrity of the US.
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