U.S. striker Folarin Balogun will start Monday’s World Cup last-16 tie against Belgium after FIFA suspended the red-card sanction he received in the team’s previous match, after the FIFA Appeals Committee rejected Belgium’s challenge to the decision.
Balogun, the team’s top three scorers in the tournament, leads the American attack along with Christian Pulisic.
US coach Mauricio Pochettino chose Matt Freese to start in goal, making no changes from the previous match against Bosnia.
Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Jeremy Doku all start on the bench.
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Matt Freese, Sergino Dest, Chris Richards, Tyler Adams, Antoine Robinson, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Tim Ream, Alex Freeman, Malik Tillman, Folarin Balogun.
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Thibaut Courtois, Brandon Mechele, Maxime de Cuyper, Youri Tielemans, Leandro Trossard, Charles de Ketelair, Timothy Castagne, Nathan Ngoy, Nicholas Raskin, Amadou Onana, Dodi Lucbakio.