The Times of India

FIFA World Cup 2026: USMNT's brightest star only plays for America because of a delayed flight

Folarin Balogun has emerged as a key figure in the United States' FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign, but his path to the USMNT began with an unexpected birth in New York after his pregnant mother was unable to return to London. The Arsenal academy graduate, once courted by England and Nigeria, now leads America's attack after choosing to represent the country that granted him citizenship by birth.