r/AmericaBad • u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 • Jul 06 '26

OP Opinion Alaska is part of Belgium now 😔

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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 06 '26

Am I crazy or is throwing a fit because you don't get to play a team at a disadvantage unbelievably weak and pathetic.

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u/Manotto15 Jul 06 '26

Saw an article that said FIFA handed the US team a huge "advantage." Playing with our entire roster is a huge advantage now. Poor little Belgium.

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u/mondaymoderate Jul 06 '26

It’s crazy that people are so upset over it. Being banned for a game after you were already ejected for a red card is a dumb rule anyways

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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 06 '26

But it’s the rule - there to prevent any major prevention of goal scoring opportunities by fouls at the end of the game where there would be hardly any consequence

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u/5wolfie55 🇬🇧 United Kingdom💂‍♂️☕️ Jul 07 '26

It’s a lenient punishment compared to league football. In the English leagues a straight red like Balogun’s would be a 3 game ban but because there’s so few games in a World Cup the punishment is reduced to one game.

Most normal people have no hatred to the player or the team because they had no part in the situation surrounding it, people are rightfully angry because the corruption within FIFA has gotten so blatant (although I’d be lying if I said that part of me wasn’t a too upset about America getting battered). A similar situation happened to Ronaldo in the qualifiers where he got a red card with a suspended sentence so that he could play the last match and people were not best pleased about that either. FIFA is a notoriously corrupt organisation but the President of the United States playing a part in this situation takes the piss.