Atlanta United will be without one of their key starters for the remaining of the summer.
Midfielder Darlington Nagbe will miss two-to-three months after suffering a right abductor injury, a statement on the team’s website announced Tuesday.
Nagbe suffered the injury in the second half of Sunday’s 1-1 draw against his former team, the Portland Timbers. The 27-year-old made the move to Atlanta this offseason and has made 17 appearances in 2018, registering one assist.
The U.S. international has been a huge player for Tata Martino’s side this season, playing just in front of the team’s defensive backline.
Atlanta currently leads Major League Soccer with 34 points and returns to action on Saturday against Orlando City. It is unsure who will take Nagbe’s spot in the Five Stripes’ starting XI.
Well we have not had Felipe for months and still dominate the league. Time for you to concede the shield to SKC!
All your base,
are belong to us!
That’s a shame. Anybody watching him could tell you he’s benefited tremendously from being integrated into Atlanta’s system and is seeing it and getting the ball off his foot vastly quicker, which was his biggest problem.
Would have also done him well, IMHO, to get that All-Star game in against Juve…games like that always help too.
He definitely remains a guy we need in the pool, and Tata has definitely given the USMNT a blueprint on how to successfully use this guy – as a deeper-lying shuttler, not a 6, not as a winger, and definitely not as an 8 or 10.
Maybe Tata should coach the US. Honestly not a fan of Nagbe. I just don’t see it.