"Incredibly surprising news yesterday gave the U.S. a huge boost ahead of their big match against Belgium. This is your big soccer sippy presented by Choctaw Casino and Resort. I almost thought that it was someone trolling the Twitterverse when I saw a tweet that said that Flo Baligan's suspension had been put on probation for a year and he's eligible to play tonight against Belgium. It seemed like there was no path for Flo Baligan to get to play because FIFA does not allow for red cards to be overturned but according to article 27 of FIFA's code and I mean this is FIFA so FIFA and code doesn't really go together there was and is a path for Flo Baligan to play. It's been exercised so Flo Baligan will be available and presumably in the starting 11 for Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. men's national team tonight against Obviously Belgium's not very happy. Why would they be? This is almost unprecedented and it seems a little dirty the way it went down if the reports are true that the White House played a big role in advocating for this article to be explored. Some people think that it's vindication because the VAR protocol was not followed by the official using slow motion. That's not what you're supposed to do. Slow motion of course can make a lot of things look worse than they really are so slow motion not a part of the protocol that was clearly used in making the decision and determining that Flo Baligan's challenge was a serious foul that led to the red card so is this vindication? Oh it's tough to say. What we know though is that there are a lot of people unhappy that the U.S. is seemingly getting preferential treatment. The U.S. doesn't care because they're gonna have one of their most important players on the pitch in a big match looking for revenge 12 years later in the World Cup against Belgium and that is gonna go down tonight in Seattle at Lumen Field. This is your Big Soccer Symphony presented by Chalk Talk Casino and Resort. Best place to watch the big match or that next big event go to ChalkTalkCasinos.com. Book your trip, plan your stay right now."