Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget has been released from the U.S. national team and sent back to Southern California to continue treatment on an abdominal strain he sustained last month.
Lletget’s call-up to the national team on Sunday was his first since March 2017, when he scored five minutes into his first competitive international game. But less than 15 minutes later he had to leave the World Cup qualifier after Honduran defender Ever Alvarado stomped on his left foot, dislodging a bone and ending his season. He hasn’t played for the U.S. since.
It took surgery and months of painful rehab to get Lletget back on the field with the Galaxy and to prove he deserved to return to the national team.