Portland Timbers attacker Darlington Nagbe may have no bigger fan, outside of his family at least, than his head coach, Caleb Porter. Having first watched Nagbe play as a Cleveland-area high schooler when Porter was coaching the University of Akron, it’s safe to say Nagbe made an impression.
“My jaw just completely dropped when I first saw him touch the ball,” Porter says. “I knew this kid was completely special.”
Since then, Nagbe and Porter have won a pair of championships together – the 2010 NCAA title and the 2015 MLS Cup – but earning US citizenship may have been the most emotional for the Liberian-born Nagbe.
In Citizen Nagbe, the latest MLS Insider, presented by adidas, we hear from Porter and teammates Jack Jewsbury and Zarek Valentin about Nagbe’s special talent on the field, his family-first humility off it and his strong bond with the United States.
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Once a Timber always a Timber
Switching ur native land for the US is a huge mistake my brother. We see the Ghanaian n Nigerian no matter where they go they still go back home to represent their countries
As a Sounders fan, he is truly a one of a kind player, but has bigger potential than what he lives up to at this moment.
Nagbe needs to be more selfish on the field. He is extraordinarily gifted but plays too passive.
All the dislike are salty Seattle sounders
better than pogba. should be playing in Europe alongside kante
That would've mad just seeing a guy running in the street with an RPG
this needs to be a movie. what an amazing story this is, nagbe and porter.
this time next week he could be in Glasgow.good player.
Come take Celtic big man 🍀🇨🇮
Possibly heading to Celtic in January.
Welcome to Celtic. One of the worlds biggest clubs.
Get him in the hoops
welcome to celtic
lol brilliant goalkeeper at 4:44
nice story
Could he please see the field with the US?
I hope he gets the nod tonight! USA lets goooo
this guy sucks he cant play for shit. hirving "chucky" lozano is 10x better than this trash
I love nigga so much
Beautiful work. Just beautiful.
JK needs to pair him with Freddy Adu, and then the Nats will fuck shit up!
Great player, I hop he can get some playing time at Copa America.
They really should stop playing the national anthem every game. Its so stupid and it ruins its meaning. Do it only when your national team plays.
Also it comes across as something North Korea would do btw. Brainwashing.
"one of the most gifted players in the world" I lold
Coming from a union fan… I love when we verse the timbers, we can watch darlington play… truly is something special.
7:05
Very cool
As a die hard Seattle fan, Darlington is still one of my favorite players in MLS.
I like me some Nagbe, but 5:22 still hurts my eyes
Being a Sounders fan I hate the timbers but I can't hate Nagbe. I really do like him.
He is my favorite player who's not on the Rapids.
Lib for life brother
Great video
Best player on the Timbers
Amazing
That's an awesome piece. Glad to have Darlington on the US squad and let's hope he helps bring a trophy home this summer!
I feel like the void Landon created has been sorta filled by Darlington. The same way Miazga fills the void left by Bocanegra, and Morris and Wood will for Clint and Jozy
This was really good, thanks MLS.
he' said he was "one of the most gifted players in the world"…BAHAHAHAHAH😂😂. delusional
i thought they already made one for darlington haha