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Longtime MLS veteran Lee Nguyen is departing the New England Revolution to hitch Vietnamese facet Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, in keeping with a Friday announcement from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis that was later confirmed by Nguyen on his social media channels.
Nguyen had been linked to a transfer to the V.League 1 facet earlier this season, however as an alternative wound up shifting by way of commerce from growth facet Inter Miami CF to the Revs, the place he completed out the 2020 season. These rumors resurfaced following the tip of New England’s 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs marketing campaign, and the transfer was made official with Friday’s announcement that Ngyuen shared on his private Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Nguyen, 34, departs the Revs as top-of-the-line gamers in membership historical past, beginning along with his preliminary run with the membership from 2012-2018, when he racked up 51 objectives in 191 league appearances and established himself as one of many league’s most harmful attackers. His greatest season got here in 2014, when he scored 18 objectives and dished out 5 assists on his method to getting named as a finalist for the league’s MVP award.
He was traded to LAFC in 2018 and had three objectives and 5 assists in 25 video games within the membership’s growth season and tallying 4 extra assists in 2019 earlier than he was chosen by Inter Miami within the 2019 MLS Growth Draft. He performed simply 5 video games and 92 minutes for Miami earlier than rejoining the Revs to shut the season, scoring one aim and one help in 722 minutes.
Ho Chi Minh Metropolis FC performs in Vietnam’s first division V.League 1 and is seeking to enhance on a 2020 season that noticed them end at 8W-8L-4D, good for fifth on the league desk.