Supporters of naturalised or mixed-heritage players on the Malaysia national team may find this latest development slightly worrying.
On January 20, Isaac Angking, the Puerto Rican midfielder with Malaysian heritage made his debut for the Puerto Rico senior team.
The Blue Hurricane played away to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, the first in two of their January friendly matches, preparation for their World Cup qualifying matches later in March.
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Angking's side emerged winners in the encounter, with a penalty goal by Sidney Rivera in the first half injury time the only goal scored in the match.