UPDATED at 12:10 p.m.: FIFA quickly denied an appeal by Belgian soccer authorities over the repeal of USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension after his red card in the team’s last World Cup game against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday. That, according to multiple reports.

“The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a request submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) as inadmissible,” ​according to a statement from FIFA.

“The request was rendered inadmissible on the grounds that the RBFA ​is not a party to the proceedings and, as such, has no standing to ⁠appeal the decision.”

The RBFA said that it had not yet received any explanation for the repeal. It also noted that “This leaves all further actions open.”

While it’s not clear what those actions are, Reuters reported that the RBFA said it contested Balogun’s eligibility with the U.S. Soccer Federation.

PREVIOUSLY: 8:01 AM: President Donald Trump confirmed Monday morning that he called FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to request a review into USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension after his red card at the World Cup.

Trump says soccer’s governing body “made the right decision” to suspend the ban, adding it would have left a “big stain” on the tournament had it stood.

Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump admitting calling FIFA because “didn’t think it was a foul — and, you know, I’m good at this stuff.” The U.S. president had taken to social media Sunday to praise FIFA’s U-turn.

Trump is a close friend of FIFA’s Infantino, who awarded the POTUS with the organization’s first Peace Prize.

PREVIOUSLY, 3:15 AM: European soccer body UEFA is the latest to weigh in on FIFA’s controversial decision to overturn U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension for Monday’s game against Belgium.

In a remarkable message just posted to its site, UEFA tore into world soccer body FIFA, saying it had “crossed a red line” and described the move as “unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable.” You can read the full statement below.

Balogun received a straight red card for a tackle during the U.S.’ World Cup round-of-32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following reported White House lobbying for a review into the suspension, FIFA took the unprecedented step during a major tournament of suspending the red card for a year, meaning the striker can suit up for his country against Belgium in their round-of-16 clash later today.

The move, which has garnered significant media attention, has been met with shock and outrage in many quarters of the soccer world. Belgium has said it is exploring legal options, while multiple leading managers have condemned the decision, including England’s Thomas Tuchel and Norway’s Stale Solbakken.

“Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.“Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension.“When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition.“Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure stand alone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole.“We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.”

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Why does Trump get to call in and change the rules? No other president or prime minister has done that or would even think of doing that. USA will lose anyway. So bring on the excuses. Trump will say Belgium is part of the USA.

He has to destroy everything. Because he lives his life cheating he thinks it is normal to call the head of FIFA and destroy fairness in the World Cup. Whether the red card was egregious or not he should have stayed out of. Now if the USA wins because of him it will be a tainted win. Everything he touched is destroyed. How will we as a country ever survive his term???

Is it possible for this corrupt man to just NOT make phone calls he has no business making?

Things like coercing a Secretary of State to “find more votes,” or a foreign government to dig up dirt on the son of his possible future political rival, to trying to affect outcomes of world sporting matches, etc.

When they suspend Lionel Messi for committing the exact same foul – which produced neither a whistle, yellow card, or red card, then I will state that Balogun should be suspended and miss this game.

Further, FIFA DID NOT follow its policy in determining if a foul was committed. Rule (27, I believe) states that they can only look at a live replay – they cannot slow down the footage or look at still frames to determine if a foul was committed. In live footage, it did not appear to be a foul. In fact, the referee – who, remember, has discretion in calling a foul or letting them play on – did not whistle this. The game was stopped by the VAR crew. The reason why the suspension was overturned was because the USSA was prepared to appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport with evidence that they did not follow their policy (it was shown on the broadcast that they used still images and slo-mo) and video evidence of Messi’s non-call, and that FIFA got feedback that it was likely going to lose in a CAS hearing, which would have been today. While the Trump call has created understandable consternation, this was going to get overturned regardless of that call, and assuming that the call is the reason – as the media has done – is actually not accurate.

Correct decision. While I do not agree with suspending the red card, really that play either should have resulted in a yellow card, or not called at all. Keep in mind that it was unintentional. There are only so many placed Balogun can put his feet in that situation, and he was making a play for the ball. In addition, Messi was not called at all for the very same move, and there needs to be consistency. Really they both should have been given yellow cards, but if you are not going to call one, you should not call any of them. Consistency is important, otherwise it is just playing favorites, and that is corruption.