2026年7月6日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:20 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
美国男子国家队后卫克里斯·理查兹表示，在国际足联取消这位前锋的红牌停赛处罚后，他要为队友弗洛林·巴洛贡点赞。
在这场胜负直接决定晋级的世界杯十六强赛对阵比利时队的比赛前，谈及此次争议事件时，理查兹告诉《哥伦比亚广播公司晚间新闻》主持人托尼·多库皮尔，他并不清楚针对巴洛贡停赛的上诉是如何推进的，但他称赞了自己的队友在上周与波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那队的塔里克·穆哈雷莫维奇拼抢后被红牌罚下时的表现。
“或许是弗洛在红牌事件后的处事方式……我认为这或许为这次改判打开了大门，”理查兹说道，“我要为弗洛大大点赞。他本完全可以做出其他反应，但我们能得到这样的判罚结果，真的让人耳目一新。”
美比世界杯赛前：“一切如常”
理查兹表示，国际足联取消这场停赛的决定，此前美国总统特朗普曾于上周致电国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺，这对巴洛贡来说是“巨大的解脱”，也让球队在对阵实力强劲的比利时队的比赛中更有信心。
“整整一周，我们都和弗洛一起训练。他一天训练都没落下。所以对我们来说，一切如常，”理查兹告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“当你拥有这位在本届赛事中为球队打入大量进球的首发球员时，我认为这无疑能给你带来所需的额外一点信心。”
理查兹和巴洛贡都将出战周一晚间的比赛，他们也是此前对阵波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那队（2比0）以及巴拉圭队（4比1）比赛中出场的11名首发球员之一。
周一晚间的这场比赛“意义重大”，理查兹说道，“这是一场淘汰赛，对手实力强劲，比赛地点在西雅图。每当我们能够身披红白蓝国家队战袍出战时，这对我们来说意义非凡，但再次强调，这是一场能让我们继续留在本届赛事的淘汰赛。”
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克里斯·理查兹谈首次世界杯之旅与美国足球热潮
作为英超俱乐部水晶宫的中后卫，理查兹曾与足坛最顶尖的球员交手，但这是他首次代表美国队出战世界杯。
“这是我毕生的梦想，但当时并不觉得能实现。阿拉巴马州很少有人能踢职业足球，更别说为国家队出战了，”理查兹说道。
这位26岁的球员回忆道，在他成长过程中，每当他告诉别人自己想成为一名职业足球运动员时，人们都会嘲笑他。而本届世界杯在美国本土举办，让他的经历发生了翻天覆地的变化。
“如今全美国都能体验到我毕生热爱的足球文化，这太棒了，”理查兹说道。
Chris Richards on Balogun red card controversy, U.S.-Belgium knockout match: “It’s business as usual”
July 6, 2026 / 8:20 PM EDT / CBS News
U.S. Men’s National Team defender Chris Richards said he gives credit to teammate Folarin Balogun after FIFA lifted the striker’s red card suspension.
Speaking on the controversy ahead of the win-or-go-home World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium, Richards told “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil he didn’t have insight into how the appeal against Balogun’s suspension went down, but he praised his teammate’s conduct after he was sent off the field last week after colliding with Tarik Muharemović of Bosnia-Herzegovina in a tackle.
“Maybe it was the way that Flo conducted himself after the red card … I think maybe that opened the door for potentially this decision,” Richards said. “I give a lot of credit to Flo. He could have obviously gone the other direction with his response, but it is very refreshing that we got this decision.”
“Business as usual” ahead of U.S.-Belgium World Cup match
Richards said FIFA’s decision to lift the one-match suspension, which came after President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino last week, was a “big relief” for Balogun and gives the team more confidence going into a tough match against Belgium.
“All week long, we trained with Flo. In training, he hasn’t missed a day. So for us, it’s business as usual,” Richards told CBS News. “When you have your starting guy who’s been scoring a lot of goals for you this tournament, I think it definitely gives you maybe an extra ounce of confidence that you need.”
Richards and Balogun are among the starting XI for Monday night’s match. The same 11 players were named for the previous matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-0) and Paraguay (4-1).
Monday night’s match “means everything,” Richards said. “It’s a knockout round game against a really good opponent in Seattle. For us, every time we’re able to wear the red, white, and blue, it means the world to us, but again, it’s a knockout round game to continue on this tournament.”
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Chris Richards on 1st World Cup and U.S. soccer boom
As a center-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace, Richards has faced the best of the best in soccer, but it is his first time representing the U.S. at the FIFA World Cup.
“It’s something that I had dreamt about my whole life, but it didn’t quite feel obtainable. Not many people from Alabama are playing professional soccer, especially playing for the national team,” Richards said.
The 26-year-old recalled telling people when he was growing up that he wanted to be a pro soccer player, and people would laugh. Having the World Cup on home soil has made his experience the opposite.
“Now that all of America has been able to experience this soccer culture that I’ve loved my whole life, it’s been amazing,” Richards said.
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