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Folarin Balogun - Wikipedia
"Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Nigerian parents. His parents were living in London, but visited New York when his mother was seven months pregnant. However, on their intended return flight, airline staff refused his mother permission to fly due to safety concerns over her being too heavily pregnant at that time, and he was therefore born in New York and became eligible for United States citizenship. He returned to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was two months old, growing up in London, England."
This dude was born to Nigerian parents who were living in the UK. No connections with the US whatsoever.
He got citizenship because his mother couldn't fly out of the country, and now plays for the US and scored TWO GOALS against Paraguay. Had his mother not gone to the US, he wouldn't be playing for the US.