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Folarin Balogun reflects on controversial World Cup return vs Belgium

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Folarin Balogun reflects on his controversial return for the World Cup match vs Belgium.
FIFA suspended Balogun's one-match ban for a red card.
Balogun admits the controversy caused 'outside noise' and affected the US squad.

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