"In life
Go where your [sic] appreciated.
B easy."

-- Folarin Balogun's Instagram post after not being called up for the England national team's first squad of 2023 despite scoring 16 goals this season for French Ligue 1 team Reims on loan from Arsenal. Balogun, 21, was born in New York to Nigerian parents and grew up in England. He has played for England in U-17 and U-21 UEFA competitions and for the USA in a 2018 youth tournament in the Czech Republic. To play for the USA or Nigeria in an official competition, he would need to file a switch of association. If Balogun was called up for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine and played for England, he would have been permanently tied to England. On Wednesday, before the post, interim U.S. coach Anthony Hudson said the USMNT had been in contact "with Flo and his team." (@Balogun)

Violette (Haiti) vs. Leon (Mexico)
Motagua (Honduras) vs. Tigres (Mexico)
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LAFC
Atlas (Mexico) vs. Philadelphia Union
Dates: First Leg, April 4-6, Second Leg, April 11-13.

• U.S. U-17 men's national team star Keyrol Figueroa became the youngest player to ever play for Liverpool in the UEFA Youth League when he came on in the second half of its 1-0 quarterfinal loss to Portugal's Sporting. The 16-year-old forward beat out Liverpool players like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones who have played in the annual U-19 competition. Figueroa, who scored seven goals for the USA at the recent Concacaf Under-17 Championship, recently scored his first goal for Liverpool's U-18s.

"FIFA is stepping up not just with words but with actions. Unfortunately this is not the case of everyone across the industry. Broadcasters and sponsors have to do more in this respect."

-- Gianni Infantino, in his address following his re-election as FIFA president, on the disparity in revenues for the men's and women's World Cups. European broadcasters have balked at FIFA's terms, citing the historically poor broadcasting windows (time of day and time of year) during which the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will take place. Infantino said FIFA would pay out $152 million -- $110 million in prize money, $31 million to cover national team preparations and $11 million in payments to club for releasing players -- for the 2023 Women's World Cup. (It will have paid out $440 million in prize money and $209 million to clubs in connection with Qatar 2022.)

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