Folarin Balogun USA Team & Arsenal Jerseys

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The Folarin Balogun Jersey Lineup On 12 June 2026 at SoFi Stadium, Balogun scored twice against Paraguay. No United States player had scored two goals in a World Cup match since 1930. He finished the tournament as the USA's outright top scorer with three, a tally that put him past Landon Donovan's 2010 haul and left only Bert Patenaude's four from 1930 ahead of him in the record books. That is the context for the 20 on the back of every shirt on this page. The Balogun nameset stopped being a hopeful pick and became the one people ask for by name. Brooklyn, London, Monaco, and a Choice Balogun was born in Brooklyn to Nigerian parents and raised in London, which meant he was eligible to play for three national teams. He came through Arsenal's academy from the age of eight, went on loan to Middlesbrough, then broke out at Reims, where a season of goals in Ligue 1 made him the most productive American forward that any of Europe's top five leagues had seen. In May 2023 he chose the United States over England and Nigeria. A month later he was on the pitch, and by his second cap he had scored in a Nations League final. Monaco paid €40 million for him that August and he has repaid it: 29 goals for the club and, this season, their Player of the Season award. He is a penalty-box striker who lives on the last defender's shoulder, and the numbers back it up, with 444 touches inside the opposition box at Monaco. The 2026 Kits: Stripes and Stars The 2026 shirts are the ones tied to what he just did. Nike's home, nicknamed Stripes, is a Sail base cut through with wavy red bands that trace back to the 1994 and 2012 kits, with "The Best of U.S." printed inside the collar. The away Stars is Dark Obsidian with Pure Platinum accents and a grid-star pattern built into the knit. The Balogun 2026 Match Authentic Away and Home are the on-field builds, made with Nike's Aero-FIT, a stitch-specific knitting process that opens and closes mesh zones across the shirt for airflow. The 2026 Stadiu