FIFA suspended two USMNT staffers for Belgium game

Two US men's national team ⁠staff members were suspended by Fifa for the team's World ​Cup round of ​16 match against Belgium on Monday.
Team manager Sam Zapatka and US Soccer Federation vice-president of security Frank Pannell weren't allowed at the match, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday. Fifa reportedly handed out the ⁠suspensions pregame on Monday without specifying an exact reason.
The ⁠US Soccer Federation also didn't address the cause behind the punishment, though it did say it was unrelated to the federation's work ‌that resulted in Folarin Balogun's red-card ​suspension getting pushed ⁠back.

According to ESPN, the two were sanctioned ​regarding a violation of ‌Fifa match protocols as well as people having access to areas where they shouldn't ​have been. Per the report, no physical dispute occurred.
Balogun started on Monday, a match the US lost 4-1 to Belgium.
Front Office Sports reported that the cause of the two suspensions might ‌have been Balogun coming back onto the field on ​July 1 to celebrate the United States' 2-0 win over Bosnia ​and ‌Herzegovina ⁠in Santa Clara, Calif.
Balogun was sent off for a bad tackle in the second half of the ​Bosnia game, and players who receive a red ⁠card are ​not allowed to return to the pitch during or after that contest.
Per multiple media outlets, Zapatka joined US Soccer in 2015 and has been in his current job since ​2020.
In an April article, Seton Hall University ​newspaper The Setonian wrote that Pannell previously worked for the Secret Service, the CIA and in the private sector.