The U.S. men's national team thought someone was playing a joke. Just hours before its biggest match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the USMNT received stunning news that striker Folarin Balogun would be available for the Round of 16 against Belgium after FIFA suspended his automatic red-card ban.The ruling was so unexpected that several American players didn't believe it was real at first. Instead, they assumed it had been created by artificial intelligence.Chris Richards says USMNT thought Balogun news was AIBalogun was shown a straight red card during the United States' Round of 32 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina after a VAR review determined his cleat caught defender Tarik Muharemović. An automatic one-match suspension appeared inevitable.Then FIFA made a highly unusual decision. Rathe