World Cup what to know: US faces Belgium after Balogun's suspension rescinded

There could be a whole lot of shakin' going on for the U.S. team's biggest World Cup game in its history.

Seattle has already proven to be one of the NFL's loudest stadiums and the place was literally shaking for the Americans' 2-0 win over Australia in group play.

A “Monday Night Futbol” match between the U.S. and Belgium, with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line, will move the needle for one nation — and potentially on the Richter scale.

And there's already been one shock wave: American forward Folarin Balogun will play after FIFA surprisingly lifted his one-game suspension for a red card against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

“(Seattle) fans are going to bring it, no matter what,” U.S. captain Christian Pulisic said. “I think that’s what they’ve shown this trip, this tournament so far. I’m sure when (Balogun) walks out, they’re going to give that much more of a roar.”

Spain will face Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday in what would otherwise be the marquee game of the day.

The Americans' bid to reach the quarterfinals and Balogun's reinstatement knocked that game onto the undercard.

Balogun received an automatic one-game suspension when he was issued a red card for stepping awkwardly on the foot of Tarik Muharemović in a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday.

Balogun leads the U.S. with three goals, matching Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second most by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude’s four in the initial tournament in 1930.

FIFA’s red card reversal — after a call from President Donald Trump — left the Royal Belgian Football Association “astonished” while giving the Americans a huge boost as they chase history.

The Americans opened the World Cup with a rousing 4-1 win over Paraguay and fans in Seattle had the seismographs jumping in the win over the Socceroos. The U.S. advanced to the round of 16 by beating Bosnia-Herzegovina despite playing the final 30 minutes with 10 men due to Balogun's red card.

Now the U.S. has a chance to win two knockout games in a World Cup for the first time and reach quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.

Belgium blew out the U.S. 5-2 in a warmup match in March, but the Americans are on a roll.

“If you play against 80,000 supporters or with 80,000, you have to try to do the same,” Belgium's Maxim De Cuyper said. “And I think that’s what we’re going to try (to do).”

Ronaldo said it again: This will be his final World Cup.

To keep his last run going, the 41-year-old star and his Portuguese teammates will have to get through mighty Spain.

The last two meetings in a rivalry that goes back 105 years were certainly memorable.

Nearly a year ago, Portugal beat Spain in a penalty shootout in UEFA Nations League final. Ronaldo had his only World Cup hat trick in a group-stage opener against Spain eight years ago in Russia, a 3-3 draw before both teams surprisingly failed to advance to the knockout round.

Portugal seeks a second consecutive trip to the quarterfinals but has been farther than that just once since becoming a World Cup regular in 2002. Portugal reached the semifinals in 2006.

“Regardless of what happens tomorrow, Cristiano is going to be leaving with a clear conscience, not a hundred percent but a thousand,” Ronaldo said in translated remarks. “I gave everything to football. I didn’t do it out of need. It’s because of the passion that I play on this national team because I love to play football.”

If Ronaldo or any of his teammates score, it will be the first goal Spain has allowed in this World Cup. La Roja, who haven't reached the quarterfinals since winning their only title in 2010 in South Africa, have beaten South Korea, Uruguay and Austria by a combined 8-0.

Spain opened with a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, which captivated the tournament by advancing to the knockout round before taking defending champion Argentina to extra time in a 3-2 loss.

“We know that every game is a final and it’s difficult,” Spain midfielder Rodri said in translated remarks. “We’re going game by game. We don’t think much further. We have a very tough rival, and if we’re able to beat Portugal, then we’ll be one step closer.”

Belgium won't have the same support as the Americans Monday, but will be comfortable in what's become a home away from home.

Belgium has been in Seattle since June 13, using the Seattle Sounders facility as its World Cup training site. The Belgians have played two matches at Lumen Field, earning a 1-1 draw against Egypt in the group stage and beating Senegal 3-2 on an extra-time goal in the round of 32.

“I think after the game against Senegal, that was a unique game, it gave us a special feeling, so we have a kind of extra boost now,” Belgium midfielder Dodi Lukébakio said. “And I think that after playing this kind of game, (we) will, I think, have more confidence.”

Monday, July 6:

— Portugal vs. Spain, 3 p.m. EDT in Arlington, Texas (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— United States vs. Belgium, 8 p.m. EDT in Seattle (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

Tuesday, July 7:

— Argentina vs. Egypt, noon EDT in Atlanta (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Switzerland vs. Colombia, 4 p.m. EDT in Vancouver, British Columbia (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— England hands Mexico its first World Cup loss at Estadio Azteca, winning 3-2 to reach quarterfinals

— Erling Haaland scores twice to beat Brazil, send Norway into World Cup quarterfinals for 1st time

— Neymar says after World Cup elimination he is done playing for Brazil

— FIFA lifts US player Balogun’s red card suspension at World Cup after Trump calls Infantino

— Brazil left to second-guess penalty kick choice after earliest World Cup exit since 1990

— World Cup serenade: Mexican fans blast horns outside hotel to disrupt England players’ sleep

— World Cup Day 25, in photos

Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last 14 competitive matches for Norway, including two goals Sunday against Brazil. He has 27 goals in that span, including seven in his first World Cup.

AP Sports Writers Andrew Destin and Schuyler Dixon contributed to this report.

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Norway's Erling Haaland (9) celebrates with teammates after scoring their first goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Norway in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal (21) celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Austria during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Croatia in Toronto, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

United States forward Folarin Balogun (20) gestures after scoring a goal during the first half of the World Cup 2026 Round of 32 Football match between United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 11 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses, local authorities said.

All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. The attack came hours after Ukraine’s president warned that a large-scale attack was imminent.

A further 60 people were wounded, according to local officials, as emergency workers combed through rubble looking for survivors at residential high-rise buildings in two locations that suffered direct hits.

The new attack came days after a Russian strike killed 31 people in the capital on Thursday, the deadliest for the capital this year. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the bombardment was retaliation for Ukraine’s recent long-range strikes, which have caused severe fuel shortages and pressured President Vladimir Putin.

More than four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine’s advances in drone technology have given it an edge in recent months, analysts and Western officials say. Strikes on supply routes behind the front line have stripped the Russian army of momentum on the battlefield, they say, slowing its advance and driving up the cost.

But Russia is now exploiting a different kind of momentum: vulnerabilities in Ukraine’s air defenses, which remain heavily reliant on the U.S. Patriot systems to intercept ballistic missiles it can rarely shoot down any other way. The war in the Middle East has strained the global supply of Patriot interceptors, already produced in limited numbers — a shortage now most of all being felt in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the country overnight, targeting mainly Kyiv, and 29 ballistic missiles that were launched struck their targets, underscoring how little Ukraine can do to stop them.

“To intercept ballistics, we need the means for interception,” Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on national television, commenting on the attack. “Russians are certainly using the fact that there is a serious deficit of interceptor missiles now, in Ukraine and the world.”

Ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that Ukrainian forces had performed well against drones and cruise missiles but not against Russian ballistic missiles — a shortfall he blamed on insufficient interceptor supplies. He urged U.S. and European partners to leave the summit with strong decisions to bolster Ukraine’s air defense and protect civilian lives.

“As long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies’ stockpiles, Russia is only encouraged to keep “vanquishing” residential buildings. The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror,” he said in a statement following the attack.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the attack targeted weapons factories in Kyiv, including sites it said produce drones, sea drones, armored vehicles and missiles, as well as facilities that repair air defense systems and fuel and energy infrastructure in the city and surrounding region. The claims could not be independently verified.

Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukraine have repeatedly hit civilian areas. More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the war, according to the United Nations.

“These are residential buildings. Places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives,” said Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration, in a post on Telegram.

A residential building in the Podilskyi district partially collapsed, he said. In the Darnytsia district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be trapped under the rubble.

Khrystyna Piatetska, 20, a resident of Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, said she began screaming after the first strike, which was followed by a second blast that blew out the windows in her apartment building.

The lights went out, the smell of burning filled the air and the stairwell was thick with smoke, she said.

“When we were leaving the building, bodies were lying there,” Piatetska said. “When we got downstairs, cars started exploding, and we came out from under the rubble straight into the fire.”

Halina Ivanivna, a 61-year-old Kyiv resident, said she woke to the sound of the first strike at around 2 a.m. Moments later, her apartment building began to collapse around her.

“Everything was falling down,” she said. Water poured through the building as smoke filled the air while emergency crews rushed to evacuate residents.

About five minutes after the initial impact, a second strike hit, she said.

Meanwhile, an energy provider in Russia-occupied Crimea reported a blackout across the peninsula due to “external impact.” The Moscow-appointed head of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said Ukrainian attacks cut power supplies to the city early Monday, but it was later restored using backup equipment.

Russia's Yaroslavl region Gov. Mikhail Yavrayev said two people were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of the same name. He said over 70 Ukrainian drones were downed as they attacked the city. Yavrayev didn’t say if any facilities were damaged, but Astra online news outlet said the attack targeted an oil refinery in the city, causing a fire.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that air defenses downed 519 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

A woman carries her cat out of a damaged multistory apartment building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Local residents walk amid debris following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Local residents look out of the balcony at a building damaged by Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Emergency workers carry an injured person following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Rescuers work the scene of a building damaged by Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Rescuers work the scene of a building damaged by Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The damaged apartment interior in the ruined building following Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Rescuers work the scene of a building damaged by Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Rescuers work the scene of a building damaged by Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)