Balogun's US eligibility draws focus amid Trump's citizenship case
Why it matters: The striker's birthright citizenship mirrors the legal issue the Supreme Court is set to weigh within weeks.
Folarin Balogun's breakout start for the United States at the World Cup has thrown fresh attention on the country's fight over birthright citizenship. Balogun scored twice in the Americans' opening win over Paraguay, but he can represent the US only because he was born in Brooklyn in 2001 while his Nigerian parents were visiting New York from London. President Donald Trump's executive order seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the US to people in the country illegally or on temporary visas. The Supreme Court is expected to rule within weeks, putting Balogun's case at the center of a wider immigration debate as the US prepares for its second group match against Australia in Seattle.