Folarin Balogun By Professor Sterling Haynes Folarin Balogun is a young African American soccer player. Playing for the United States Men's National Soccer Team (USMNT). At the FIFA world Cup 2026 in Kansas City Missouri. Balogun was born July 3rd, 2001, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Nigerian parents of Yoruba heritage. His family moved to London, and he was raised in England. The multicultural background made him eligible to represent the United States, England, and Nigeria.