{"id":118595,"date":"2026-07-02T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/balogun-joins-zidane-ronaldinho-in-unwanted-world-cup-history-after-red-card-vs-bosnia\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:37:00","slug":"balogun-joins-zidane-ronaldinho-in-unwanted-world-cup-history-after-red-card-vs-bosnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/balogun-joins-zidane-ronaldinho-in-unwanted-world-cup-history-after-red-card-vs-bosnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Balogun joins Zidane, Ronaldinho in unwanted World Cup history after red card vs Bosnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA secured a spot in the World Cup 2026 Round of 16 with a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, striker Folarin Balogun made unwanted history, becoming the fourth player to score and get sent off in a knockout match. Despite his red card for an accidental foul, the US team held on for the victory, but Balogun&#8217;s suspension creates a selection headache for their next game against Belgium.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA secured a spot in the World Cup 2026 Round of 16 with a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, striker Folarin Balogun made unwanted history, becoming the fourth player to score and get sent off in a knockout match. Despite his red card for an accidental foul, the US team held on for the victory,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/balogun-joins-zidane-ronaldinho-in-unwanted-world-cup-history-after-red-card-vs-bosnia\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Balogun joins Zidane, Ronaldinho in unwanted World Cup history after red card vs Bosnia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}