On the bench in Ligue 1 for the season opener: ⌛️ À moins de 5 minutes du coup d'envoi de la rencontre, découvrez la composition 🔴 et ⚪️ mise en place pour ce #OMSDR ! pic.twitter.com/OU022Hxdh1— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 7, 2022 Debut: ⏱ 64’ [2-0]🔄 Nouveau changement opéré par Oscar Garcia : Folarin Balogun fait sa première apparition avec la tunique des Rouge & Blanc. Il remplace El Bilal Touré sur le front de l'attaque.#OMSDR #GoSDR pic.twitter.com/dyOLBvKgxz— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 7, 2022 Scores: ⏱ 84’ [3-1]⚽️ BUT pour le Stade de Reims ! 👊Premier match, premier but : de la tête, Folarin Balogun vient réduire la marque. ❤️🤍#OMSDR #GoSDR— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 7, 2022
The goal: @balogun goal for #Reims https://t.co/84TClgh3NJ— ArsenalTVHD (@ArsenalTVHD) August 7, 2022
Scouting report: Having joined Stade de #Reims on loan from #AFC, @FintanFootball looks at the ways that Florian Balogun can improve in #Ligue1 in order to reach his potential 🏴🇫🇷🌟https://t.co/SbQz6Xb3q6— Total Football Analysis (@TotalAnalysis) August 12, 2022
Has Florian chosen England? Looks like he has stated he likes the English style of play and has represented them quite a lot at the U 21 level
I don't think he has chosen yet because he likely hasn't been offered a slot with either NT. My guess is that he would choose England all else held equal given his youth NT experience but if the US were to give him a slot he might jump ship. Again, at this point I don't think either team is seriously considering him for the WC... so why make the decision now?
Well, when looking at his US competition: a guy playing in the Championship, a guy not playing much for a terrible Bundisliga team, a guy in the Championship who's always injured, a good MLS striker, a guy who scored 5 goals two years ago playing in the Championship...his path is pretty clear. Looking at the wiki page for England's men's team and he's got 5 or 6 Champions League regulars just in the current squad, not even counting recent call ups. He's got no shot for England this year and a very, very slim chance of ever having a shot. If he scores 10 goals for Riems by November, isn't he an obvious choice?
I guess if he blows up he would be considered. Just seems pretty unlikely as he would be coming into our NT w/ no experience w/ our squad... as I assume he won't be there in Sept. Also think it is unlikely that he scores 10 goals by November... but you never know. He does have talent.
Yes, if he's on pace for the Ligue 1 Golden Boot, he's an obvious choice. That's just not very likely.
Drew a penalty on the first goal: ⏱ 21’ [0-0]🟨 Pénalty pour le Stade de Reims !! Ogier écope d'un carton jaune pour cette faute sur Folarin Balogun.#SDRCF63 #GoSDR— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 14, 2022 Scored a PK for the 2nd: ⏱ 29’ [2-0]⚽️ BUUUUT ! À son tour, 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐧 trompe le portier clermontois. En moins de 10 minutes, le Stade de Reims fait le break ! 💪❤️🤍#SDRCF63 #GoSDR— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 14, 2022 ⏱ 64’ [2-2]🔄 Double changement côté remois : Martin Adeline et El Bilal Touré remplacent Folarin Balogun, buteur en première période, et Maxime Busi.#SDRCF63 #GoSDR pic.twitter.com/DBdT3WxekE— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 14, 2022
This article was sent to me today. Is this true? USA or England: Folarin Balogun makes international decision (dailycannon.com)
I been told this was just wishful thinking since the original site was done back in May and we never heard about this from either him or his best friend, Musah.
Musah was asked about his bud and pretty much told folks he is a London Boy at heart and that ain‘t changing any time soon, or something to that extent. It was a pretty blatant he ain‘t switching any time soon. Someone needed cheap easy hits, slow day and threw out an easy old article that might get a few.
Folarin Balogun vs Clermont Foot (8/14/22)1 goal, 1 penalty won #StadeReims #AFC #USMNT pic.twitter.com/r7sPUmg6cb— Justin Moran (@kickswish) August 19, 2022
Started: 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗱'𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗶 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 ! La compo rémoise ⤵️#RCSASDR #GoSDR pic.twitter.com/tBh8heJ17A— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 21, 2022 Scored the late equalizer: 81' ⚽️ Égalisatioooon rémoise ! Sur un mouvement offensif stadiste, Arber Zeneli trouve @Flips_Alexis au deuxième poteau qui sert @balogun à la conclusion de l'action ! 🎯🔥#RCSASDR #GoSDR (1-1)— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) August 21, 2022 Folarin Balogun is the first player since 1975 to score in his first three matches in ligue 1. What a start 🚀#afc #Reims #Ligue1UberEats pic.twitter.com/6mfcj9giAX— AFCrelated (@AFCrelated_) August 21, 2022
Leads the league: NYC-born, 21-year-old Folarin Balogun is Ligue 1’s top scorer with three goals in three games for Reims, where he is on loan from Arsenal. This one not the prettiest, but his form has to be catching Gregg’s 👀. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/nhTQhqbP2L— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) August 21, 2022
Happy to be wrong about this! The way he played at Middlesbrough I felt like he was destined to become a winger, didn't think he had these CF instincts.
Well, since the cutoff date for submitting WC squads is October 13th, I'd say scoring 10 goals by November is kind of an irrelevant metric, no? Reims have all of 8 Ligue 1 games (nothing European or Coupe de France there) between now and that date. Scoring 4 would be a remarkable achievement and he'd need to score at least 2 of those before September 19th to warrant a callup to integrate him into the team. There are only 5 games between now and the September break. He's one for 2026, if he's still interested.