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Lee Nguyen provides an injury update after exiting early

New England Revolution fans witnessed a rare sight on Saturday, as stalwart midfielder and team captain Lee Nguyen exited before the hour mark. The substitution, which saw Daigo Kobayashi enter, was completed out of necessity more than tactics.

“I bruised my ankle and I was trying to go the second half then I got kicked again right in the beginning,” Nguyen explained while talking to reporters post-game. “I wasn’t able put any pressure on it, so I tried but I couldn’t keep going. I told them I needed to come off.”

When comparing the two blows, Nguyen identified the second as particularly damaging, saying that he tried “to keep going for five to ten minutes but couldn’t.