D.C. United is preparing to terminate Taxi Fountas’s contract, a person familiar with the situation confirmed Saturday, amid an MLS investigation into an allegation that the Greek forward directed a racial slur at teammate Nigel Robertha.
Fountas’s departure would mark the end of a tumultuous 15-month tenure with United, during which the all-star attacker’s often-electrifying play has been overshadowed by two accusations of racial abuse.
The Athletic first reported that United and Fountas were nearing a mutual contract termination.
Saturday’s development came two weeks after Fountas and Robertha were placed on administrative leave during an MLS probe into altercations between the players during and after United’s loss to the New England Revolution on July 15 in Foxborough, Mass.