Folarin Balogun, the US striker who wouldn’t be American if it were up to Trump

The World Cup in Donald Trump’s United States is full of paradoxes. For the first time, one country, Iran, is playing on the territory of another with which it is at war. The host, which is supposed to open its doors to the world to celebrate football’s biggest global event, is denying entry to officials and fans from nations it considers unwelcome. Contradictions emerge even within its own national team. Folarin Balogun, the United States’ striker and leading scorer, embodies them: while the Supreme Court is expected this week to rule on the future of birthright citizenship that the president wants to eliminate, the U.S. team’s top scorer at the World Cup can only play for the country thanks to that right.Seguir leyendo