Seattle forward Herculez Gomez defended teammate Nelson Valdez following Monday’s practice at Starfire Sports Complex, singling out criticism from former Sounder Eddie Johnson.
“For me to see a colleague turn on somebody like that, it’s strange, because we’ve all been there,” Gomez said.
Johnson ripped Valdez in a series of tweets following Seattle’s 2-0 home loss to New York City FC on Saturday afternoon, taking shots at Valdez’s Designated Player salary and airing his own grievances with the compensation structure of a league he retired from in 2015.
Valdez 1.4mil a year I was on 100k in Seattle if I went 2 or 3 games without scoring they killed me I haven’t heard shh about him this game
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