July 7, 2026 • 8 mins
Ryan and Dana discuss whether Donald Trump made the right call by asking FIFA to review Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension. They debate the unprecedented decision to overturn the red-card ban, with Dana arguing the appeal should not have happened. Ryan and Dana take Talkbacks on the iHeartRadio app to get listener feedback.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Vera and Farah
Accident Attorneys, Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Now let's get to another top story Recovering this morning,
President Trump confirmed he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to
request a review of Team USA star Falerin Baligan's red card,
which had initially suspended Baligan for the World Cup match
against Belgium before FIFA reversed the decision. Hear some of
what the President said.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
So I saw the play, and I'm a person that
loves sports, and it was a good athlete.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hang on, when was he a good athlete?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Maybe way way way Iday count as being a good athlete.
That's a big debate in sports. That's so sure.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
And I understand sports really well, really well.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And that wasn't a foul. That wasn't even an infraction.
There was two guys running full speed that happened to
crash into each other. You can't take your would have
properly placed it on somebody else's foot when you're going. No,
these were two great athletes that got tangled up.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And I was right about that part. And then he
had this to say about the ref who handed out
the red card.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
This referee who is a little.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Bit suspect if you check his if you check his past.
I don't want to say that because I don't like
to create controversy, but very suspect.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
He made a call that nobody could.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Believe, you know, even people on the other side, they say, oh,
we got lucky wow's.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And then Trump talked about making the call to FIFA's president.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
He didn't do anything wrong, and he's our best player
or one of our best players.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
A very any.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant.
I didn't think it meant much.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
And they say you can't play. That's very unfair.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's how do you penalize him for a game that
hasn't been played yet. It's very unfair. You can't do that.
So yes, I asked for a ree by FIFA.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
And FIFA's president released a statement yesterday afternoon saying FIFA's
independent disciplinary bodies alone decided to suspend Balligan's one game ban,
allowing him to play last night against Belgium, and he
said President Trump's phone call did not influence the process. Now,
(02:22):
I had no problem with the President of making that
phone call. And look, I'll criticize President Trump when I
feel it's warranted. In this instance, I liked it. It
was a bad call. I liked it he picked up
the phone and said, Hey, the hell is going on here?
I mean, this is Team USA, We're hosting the World Cup.
(02:43):
Your ref made a horrible call. Tell you guys doing
over there. Now. If Trump had handed FIFA a bag
of cash match, by the way, FIFA would have gladly
accepted that's how they operate, then maybe I would have
had a problem with that. I have a problem with
him picking up the phone.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Bok.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Yeah, but I don't think he needed to hand them
a bag of cash. I think just Trump making that
phone call and obviously made them turn it over. And
how did that work out for Team USA?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well, I mean, I don't know the tms I was
going to win that match.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Regard President should have been intervened in this, I don't.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I don't think it was a good call.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
I think it was a terrible call, But I don't
think the President should have intervened.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So I'll open up the talkbacks real quick to get
your take on all of this. If you're listening on
WIOD or WUFLA, pull up your iHeartRadio app you'll see
that microphone icon. You can hit that in record up
to thirty seconds of whatever it is you want to
say about this. And essentially, I want to know whether
or not you think the President did the right thing
by making that call to FIFA's president. I don't have
(03:43):
a problem with it. Dana wants to see Trump impeached.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Over it, but that is not what I said.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Did President Trump do the right thing by making that
call to FIFA's president over the Balligan red card controversy?
I think he did. Data thinks he should be impeach
and removed from office. This is what Jeff thinks.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
Hey, Ryan, Jeff, and Miami. I want to agree with
you on this one. And you know I'm not a
fan of Trump, but I agree he should have made
the call. I don't think the file was intentional. I
think it was an accident. I think it should have
been overturned. So good call, all right.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And here's what a listener in the Tampa Bay area
thought attained.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
The president should have mind his own business. He should
have never sticked his nose. Why he's not supposed to
because now all the other countries want to do the same.
When something like that happened through their teens. Okay, the
decision was already made. Even though it was wrong, it
was already made, so he should stick to politics and
it stayed out of sucker business.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, I think Jeff had the better point.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
Clearly agree with me, But no, I definitely agree with
that one. That's exactly how I feel. It's a bad call,
but there's bad calls in sports all the time, and
you just have.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
To roll with.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
You can't have the president intervene, and I think it backfired.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And here's another thing in response to that last comment,
Trump sticking his nose somewhere where. That's like what he does.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
And I don't have a problem with it most of
the time because it's entertaining. But in this case, I
don't know something about it really just rubbed me the
wrong way.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
I don't like that he did that.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
This is what Scott listening in the Tampa Bay area,
I had to say.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Yes, the President was right to make that call, and no,
the Belgians weren't even more motivated to beat us.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Oh, you just look at the play of our keeper.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
But it is always nice to hear such expertise coming
from a group of people that had never even really
played an organized sport, right, Karen McKay.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I've never played organized sports.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
I actually tried to play soccer when I was a
little girl, and it's like one of those memories that
I kind of have PTSD from because I was so
afraid of the ball and I just remember getting yell
dat and I sat in the backseat of my dad's car,
crying efforts and I don't want to play.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're watching the World top even and that trauma I am.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
I'm trying to get past it. So thanks for bringing
that out.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Let me tell you something. Scott News Nation had me
on last night at ten o'clock in prime time for
my instant reactions to the match. Okay, and I did
play soccer for one season when I was a kid,
so I know a little something about the sport, all right.
Did President Trump do the right thing by calling FIFA's
president over that controversial red card? This is what Raphael,
(06:35):
listening to us in South Florida, I had to say.
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Borny, guys, great show. I listened to you from Miami,
and I'm sorry, but in regards to President Trump reaching
out to FIFA, I have to sign one hundred percent
with Dana, Oh my god, we should not. Presidents should
not get involved in sports. He should stick to politics.
Otherwise he will be calling on boxing matches, hockey matches,
(06:59):
ping pong, torn amend some of that kind of stuff.
President should not get involved. Thank you guys, doing a
great job.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Devlas well, thank you Ralph al as much as I've
hurts to hear if anything, Dana was right. I mean
Trump does get involved in sports and he's always commenting on.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Commenting is different than calling the head of FIFA when
you've already got that kind of odd relationship with him,
where the FIFA president gave him a peace prize.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
It was just ridiculous, just asking questions.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
He just wanted to learn a little bit.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Anyone question soccer.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, this is what John had to say.
Speaker 11 (07:33):
Donald J.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Trump cost us that game.
Speaker 11 (07:36):
If he hadn't made the call, we would have been
the underdogs, we would have been having something to prove
on that field. We would have been wronged and fought
for justice and for what was right. Instead, we flipped
the script and the FIFA president here, you can't even
have the too few of money to bribe him.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Jesus, Thanks Trump.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
I love that I have to admiss.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I have to admit great John makes a very compelling case.
I like the fact that Trump stood up for America
and tried to right a wrong for Team USA. But
I'll also admit the whole thing might have back for
a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Okay, I'm glad you can see that.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Make The Ryan Gorman Show podcast up pre set on iHeartRadio,
presented by Farah and Farah Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Vera and Farah
Accident Attorneys, Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Now let's get to another top story Recovering this morning,
President Trump confirmed he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to
request a review of Team USA star Falerin Baligan's red card,
which had initially suspended Baligan for the World Cup match
against Belgium before FIFA reversed the decision. Hear some of
what the President said.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
So I saw the play, and I'm a person that
loves sports, and it was a good athlete.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hang on, when was he a good athlete?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Maybe way way way Iday count as being a good athlete.
That's a big debate in sports. That's so sure.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
And I understand sports really well, really well.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And that wasn't a foul. That wasn't even an infraction.
There was two guys running full speed that happened to
crash into each other. You can't take your would have
properly placed it on somebody else's foot when you're going. No,
these were two great athletes that got tangled up.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And I was right about that part. And then he
had this to say about the ref who handed out
the red card.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
This referee who is a little.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Bit suspect if you check his if you check his past.
I don't want to say that because I don't like
to create controversy, but very suspect.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
He made a call that nobody could.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Believe, you know, even people on the other side, they say, oh,
we got lucky wow's.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And then Trump talked about making the call to FIFA's president.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
He didn't do anything wrong, and he's our best player
or one of our best players.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
A very any.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant.
I didn't think it meant much.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
And they say you can't play. That's very unfair.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's how do you penalize him for a game that
hasn't been played yet. It's very unfair. You can't do that.
So yes, I asked for a ree by FIFA.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
And FIFA's president released a statement yesterday afternoon saying FIFA's
independent disciplinary bodies alone decided to suspend Balligan's one game ban,
allowing him to play last night against Belgium, and he
said President Trump's phone call did not influence the process. Now,
(02:22):
I had no problem with the President of making that
phone call. And look, I'll criticize President Trump when I
feel it's warranted. In this instance, I liked it. It
was a bad call. I liked it he picked up
the phone and said, Hey, the hell is going on here?
I mean, this is Team USA, We're hosting the World Cup.
(02:43):
Your ref made a horrible call. Tell you guys doing
over there. Now. If Trump had handed FIFA a bag
of cash match, by the way, FIFA would have gladly
accepted that's how they operate, then maybe I would have
had a problem with that. I have a problem with
him picking up the phone.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Bok.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Yeah, but I don't think he needed to hand them
a bag of cash. I think just Trump making that
phone call and obviously made them turn it over. And
how did that work out for Team USA?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well, I mean, I don't know the tms I was
going to win that match.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Regard President should have been intervened in this, I don't.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I don't think it was a good call.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
I think it was a terrible call, But I don't
think the President should have intervened.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So I'll open up the talkbacks real quick to get
your take on all of this. If you're listening on
WIOD or WUFLA, pull up your iHeartRadio app you'll see
that microphone icon. You can hit that in record up
to thirty seconds of whatever it is you want to
say about this. And essentially, I want to know whether
or not you think the President did the right thing
by making that call to FIFA's president. I don't have
(03:43):
a problem with it. Dana wants to see Trump impeached.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Over it, but that is not what I said.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Did President Trump do the right thing by making that
call to FIFA's president over the Balligan red card controversy?
I think he did. Data thinks he should be impeach
and removed from office. This is what Jeff thinks.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
Hey, Ryan, Jeff, and Miami. I want to agree with
you on this one. And you know I'm not a
fan of Trump, but I agree he should have made
the call. I don't think the file was intentional. I
think it was an accident. I think it should have
been overturned. So good call, all right.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And here's what a listener in the Tampa Bay area
thought attained.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
The president should have mind his own business. He should
have never sticked his nose. Why he's not supposed to
because now all the other countries want to do the same.
When something like that happened through their teens. Okay, the
decision was already made. Even though it was wrong, it
was already made, so he should stick to politics and
it stayed out of sucker business.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, I think Jeff had the better point.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
Clearly agree with me, But no, I definitely agree with
that one. That's exactly how I feel. It's a bad call,
but there's bad calls in sports all the time, and
you just have.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
To roll with.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
You can't have the president intervene, and I think it backfired.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And here's another thing in response to that last comment,
Trump sticking his nose somewhere where. That's like what he does.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
And I don't have a problem with it most of
the time because it's entertaining. But in this case, I
don't know something about it really just rubbed me the
wrong way.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
I don't like that he did that.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
This is what Scott listening in the Tampa Bay area,
I had to say.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Yes, the President was right to make that call, and no,
the Belgians weren't even more motivated to beat us.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Oh, you just look at the play of our keeper.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
But it is always nice to hear such expertise coming
from a group of people that had never even really
played an organized sport, right, Karen McKay.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I've never played organized sports.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
I actually tried to play soccer when I was a
little girl, and it's like one of those memories that
I kind of have PTSD from because I was so
afraid of the ball and I just remember getting yell
dat and I sat in the backseat of my dad's car,
crying efforts and I don't want to play.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're watching the World top even and that trauma I am.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
I'm trying to get past it. So thanks for bringing
that out.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Let me tell you something. Scott News Nation had me
on last night at ten o'clock in prime time for
my instant reactions to the match. Okay, and I did
play soccer for one season when I was a kid,
so I know a little something about the sport, all right.
Did President Trump do the right thing by calling FIFA's
president over that controversial red card? This is what Raphael,
(06:35):
listening to us in South Florida, I had to say.
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Borny, guys, great show. I listened to you from Miami,
and I'm sorry, but in regards to President Trump reaching
out to FIFA, I have to sign one hundred percent
with Dana, Oh my god, we should not. Presidents should
not get involved in sports. He should stick to politics.
Otherwise he will be calling on boxing matches, hockey matches,
(06:59):
ping pong, torn amend some of that kind of stuff.
President should not get involved. Thank you guys, doing a
great job.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Devlas well, thank you Ralph al as much as I've
hurts to hear if anything, Dana was right. I mean
Trump does get involved in sports and he's always commenting on.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Commenting is different than calling the head of FIFA when
you've already got that kind of odd relationship with him,
where the FIFA president gave him a peace prize.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
It was just ridiculous, just asking questions.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
He just wanted to learn a little bit.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Anyone question soccer.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, this is what John had to say.
Speaker 11 (07:33):
Donald J.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Trump cost us that game.
Speaker 11 (07:36):
If he hadn't made the call, we would have been
the underdogs, we would have been having something to prove
on that field. We would have been wronged and fought
for justice and for what was right. Instead, we flipped
the script and the FIFA president here, you can't even
have the too few of money to bribe him.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Jesus, Thanks Trump.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
I love that I have to admiss.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I have to admit great John makes a very compelling case.
I like the fact that Trump stood up for America
and tried to right a wrong for Team USA. But
I'll also admit the whole thing might have back for
a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Okay, I'm glad you can see that.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Make The Ryan Gorman Show podcast up pre set on iHeartRadio,
presented by Farah and Farah Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
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