Instead of building excitement for Monday night's World Cup Round of 16 showdown against Belgium in Seattle, ESPN senior writer Mark Ogden spent the eve of the match explaining why Team USA shouldn't feel too good about getting Folarin Balogun back.His headline says it all: "Nobody benefits from FIFA letting Balogun off the hook -- not even the USMNT."FIFA MAKES FINAL RULING ON US SOCCER STAR FOLARIN BALOGUN'S CONTROVERSIAL RED CARD SUSPENSIONRather than seeing a controversial decision corrected, Ogden argues the reversal hurts the tournament, hurts FIFA and, somehow, even hurts Team USA.US striker Folarin Balogun's controversial red card was one of the biggest moments of the team's win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images))A VAR review turned what many viewed as an accidental step on an opponent's ankle into a straight red card for Balogun during Team USA's 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.The decision was immediately criticized as excessive, with Mauricio Pochettino among those arguing it never warranted a straight red.FIFA's disciplinary committee ultimately suspended the automatic one-match ban under Article 27, clearing Balogun to play Monday.President Donald Trump spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, arguing the punishment was unjust before FIFA reversed course, a source told Fox News.Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik and White House task force leader Andrew Giuliani put together a team of lawyers outside the White House to challenge the use of slow-motion replay to give Balogun the red card, according to OutKick founder and Fox News contributor Clay Travis.That should have settled the matter.Instead, Ogden argued that correcting the decision is what hurts the integrity of the World Cup.He writes:"If the U.S.
defeats Belgium on Monday, the global soccer community will not view it as a hard-fought, tactical triumph...Instead, it will forever carry an asterisk, tainted by the perception that the host nation used corr...