Born in Brooklyn, raised in London, Folarin Balogun lights up the World Cup for the U.S.

Born in Brooklyn, raised in London, Folarin Balogun lights up the World Cup for the U.S.

SEATTLE — If a pregnant Nigerian woman had been allowed to board a plane 25 years ago, the U.S. team’s path through this summer’s World Cup may have unfolded much differently. Instead, a gate agent turned her away, insisting it wasn’t safe for her to fly from New York to London. So Florence Balogun returned to Brooklyn, … Read more