Trump called FIFA head to seek review of US player red card: source

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a red card as he meets with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

WASHINGTON, July ⁠5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump called FIFA President ‌Gianni Infantino earlier this week to ask the soccer governing ​body to review ⁠a red ⁠card issued to U.S. striker ⁠Folarin Balogun, ‌according to a source briefed ⁠on the call.

FIFA announced on ​Sunday ‌that Balogun would be ⁠eligible to ​play for the U.S. in Monday's knockout ⁠game against Belgium, a ​rare reversal of the prior one-game suspension he was ⁠facing after receiving a red card against Bosnia. Trump praised the decision, writing ​on Truth ⁠Social it had reversed ​a "great injustice."

(Reporting by ‌Steve Holland; Writing ​by Pete Schroeder; Editing by Edmund Klamann)