The long-rumored signing of Belgium defender Jelle Van Damme to the LA Galaxy is now official. While the Van Damme international will offer welcome experience to a backline which has suffered the loss of Omar Gonzalez, a certain incident in Van Damme's past will most likely rear its ugly head in the coming weeks as the player is introduced to the media.
On May 21st, 2009, during a championship playoff between Standard Liege and Anderlecht, American defender, Oguchi Onyewu, accused Jelle Van Damme of using racial slurs against him. "Van Damme called me a dirty monkey three times," he told reporters after the game.