Folarin Balogun will be available for the United States' World Cup match against Belgium on Monday after having his one-game ban suspended by FIFA, the governing body announced Sunday.
The striker received a controversial straight red card in the second half of his team's round-of-32 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul on Tarik Muharemovic. Balogun was sent off following a VAR review of the incident.
That typically carries an automatic one-match suspension, but the 25-year-old will now be available for the last-16 contest in Seattle versus Belgium.
"By operation of Article 27 FDC, the implementation of the automatic match suspension for USA player Folarin Balogun is suspended for a probationary period of one (1) year," FIFA said in a statement.
No reasoning was provided for the decision.
Balogun, who opened the scoring in the Americans' eventual 2-0 win over Bosnia, has three goals at this summer's tournament.
He said earlier in the week that he believed the tackle on Muharemovic only warranted a yellow card.
"If you played the game, you would understand there's scenarios that you simply can't avoid, and it has to be taken into context when it's being reviewed," Balogun told reporters Friday, including Jeff Carlisle of ESPN.
"I felt it wasn't on this occasion, but I think, as you all saw, there's nowhere else to put your leg. It's going to be unavoidable. So yeah, I've seen many different opinions and takes, but for me personally, I think a yellow card would have been fair. It's something that's happened, so we have to move forward, and I have to accept it."
Monday's affair against Belgium will be a rematch of a memorable last-16 encounter in 2014 in which the U.S. was eliminated in extra time despite a heroic goalkeeping performance from Tim Howard.
The U.S. is looking to reach the quarterfinals at a men's World Cup for the first time since 2002.
