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Why is no one repping Flo Balogun in the early golden boot conversation?
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:32 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:32 am
The man scored a brace in the opener, and had one disallowed for offside. He’s looked as dangerous as anyone in this tournament save for Messi.
Listening to these talking heads go on about Haaland, Mbappe, Messi. Fair. And continue on about R7 and Harry Kane who are yet to play. Understandable.
Flo absolutely belongs in that conversation at this present moment. Since nobody else is including him, I figured I’d just do it myself.
Listening to these talking heads go on about Haaland, Mbappe, Messi. Fair. And continue on about R7 and Harry Kane who are yet to play. Understandable.
Flo absolutely belongs in that conversation at this present moment. Since nobody else is including him, I figured I’d just do it myself.
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Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:36 am to ezride25
Absolutely. You can argue that his second goal was the best of the group so far
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:40 am to ezride25
Serious answer: the US isn't going as far as most of the guys you just mentioned leaving Flo with limited opportunities
But he should be mentioned at least right now seeing we're still in the group stage
But he should be mentioned at least right now seeing we're still in the group stage
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:49 am to ezride25
I think if he gets another goal (or 2) in friday's match he'll start to get mentioned. And if the US does beat Australia and he leads the way with a few goals, i think the hype train will get rolling
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:03 am to ezride25
He's 3-4 goals away from a $100 million transfer to Chelsea or Newcastle
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:45 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Yep he has a lot on the line. He could really get paid.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:08 am to Ag_16
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I think if he gets another goal (or 2) in friday's match he'll start to get mentioned. And if the US does beat Australia and he leads the way with a few goals, i think the hype train will get rolling
Only way the US loses that is if they have a monster emotional letdown after that tour de force the other night. They come out gunning and attacking and don’t yield too much on Aussies counters, they’ll win.
As for the boot, tough climb if you don’t do crazy shite and/or make the semis.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:17 am to DalenSA
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Serious answer: the US isn't going as far as most of the guys you just mentioned leaving Flo with limited opportunities
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:44 am to ezride25
quote:I guess
Listening to these talking heads go on about Haaland, Mbappe, Messi. Fair. And continue on about R7 and Harry Kane who are yet to play. Understandable.
Flo absolutely belongs in that conversation at this present moment
But most of the names above have a decent shot to be on one of the 4 teams that will be playing 8 games
Not sure a guy projected to play in 4-5 belongs in that convo but happy to be wrong
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:53 am to The Third Leg
Agreed, we should have 6 points in the bag after Friday afternoon
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:16 pm to ezride25
Flo has as many goals as Messi if the Paraguay player hadn't decided to score it himself instead.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 1:52 pm to ezride25
I'm with you, I'd like him to be in that convo too, but he's gotta keep up the scoring pace. All of the other guys you mentioned have proven track records and tons of goals in the top leagues and competitions. Haaland, Messi, mbappe, kane, etc all have a proven track record of consistently scoring against the best competition. Balo doesn't have that... YET.
I hope this cup is what launches his career into a top club team in the world so he is thought of in the same regard as that group of players.
I hope this cup is what launches his career into a top club team in the world so he is thought of in the same regard as that group of players.
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