LA Galaxy midfielder Nigel de Jong's ugly tackle on Darlington Nagbe brought back painful memories, writes Goal USA's Ives Galarcep
You couldn't not have scripted a more painfully perfect scene to generate unbridled anger and raw emotion from American soccer fans than Nigel de Jong's horror tackle on Darlington Nagbe on Sunday.
Already despised by segments of the American soccer fan base because of his leg-breaking tackle on then-U.S. national team fan favorite Stuart Holden six years ago, De Jong proceeded to deliver a suspension-worthy studs-up stomp on the ankle of rising U.