Coming up, it might be belated, but America just received a big birthday gift.

In an extraordinary turn of events, Foller and Balagan is now available to face Belgium.

We'll react to FIFA's intervention.

Plus, we'll get you ready for today's mouth-watering quarterfinals.

Benetius Jr. and Brazil, taking on Erling Harland and Norway.

And can England get a win in the altitude at the Azteca,

or will their World Cup hopes vanish into thin air?

We'll bring you all that and expert predictions on ESPNFC next.

Hello and welcome in to ESPNFC, K. Marie Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.

And news coming in as we go to air today that Flo Balagan will not be serving a suspension

against Belgium in their game in the last 16.

Red, white and screwed, said the papers and seeing red after his 64th minute red card

after a challenge on defender, Tariq Maharemovich, in the Bosnia and Herzegovina game. That meant that he would be suspended for the game against Belgium on Monday, but in what is

an unprecedented move, the player is now available to face the Belgians in that last 16 clash

in Seattle tomorrow.

We now welcome into the show, Jan Agafi Yannov, Hercules Gomez, and our own Sam Borden.

Sam, let's start with you. How has this happened?

Yeah, Kay, the most interesting thing to me is that while U.S. soccer officials, I think,

did have some inkling this could happen, We're told that they were in conversations with FIFA

over the last couple of days. The players had no idea. They literally saw reports on social media

while on the bus over here to the University of Washington where they had their match day minus one

training. Chris Richards said about 40 conversations started breaking out all over the bus.

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