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In this tournament, the 39-year-old has averaged just two bookings per game, and is yet to show red or award a spot kick.
The referee is slightly less quick to wield his cards than peers at the tournament, averaging just 3.6 bookings per game in the AFC Champions League Elite.
That competition makes up the bulk of his refereeing experience, showing red nine times and awarding 13 penalties in 58 games.
In World Cup qualifiers and the Arab Cup, his booking average stays the same, at around three per match.
USA vs Belgium is a battle of two teams with disciplinary priors, as both sides have had a man sent off in North America, most recently the USMNT’s Folarin Balogun, who will not feature in the Round of 16 event.