Casual sports observers often wonder why the sport of Soccer has never been successful in the United States. This story is a big picture example of exactly why.

The country of Belgium is filing an appeal with FIFA World Cup organizers to stop the United States from playing the game of soccer with their best players. You just cannot make this stuff up, folks.

Only in the sport of EU soccer can a bureaucratic agency file a parliamentary objection with the intent to force the official bureaucratic agents of the soccer administration, FIFA, to block a team from fielding their best players – because the business of the bureaucracy is more important than sportsmanship.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation is demanding explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game.

Belgium takes on the United States later Monday for a spot in the quarterfinals.

The Belgian federation said it has still not received either “FIFA’s decision or any explanation regarding this matter. In these circumstances, it has no choice but to challenge the player’s eligibility for the upcoming match.” {LINK}

Here comes the really funny part.  All the soccer nations continue to be befuddled why soccer has never made progress within the American sport psyche. Think about it.

Soccer is a ‘sport system’ bureaucratically designed to fail when contrast to a brutally honest American perspective on sport.

Soccer succeeding in America is the inverse to Liberty succeeding worldwide.

Soccer is the United Nations of sports.

If soccer is ever to succeed in America, the United States is lost forever!

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