It wouldn’t be surprising if non-Galaxy players rejoiced over the move, as de Jong has earned a reputation as a dirty player for, well, the frustrating habit he has of injuring opponents.
What was surprising was the the official Major League Soccer Twitter account would post a video that appeared to gloat over the departure of de Jong, pointing out that he scored no goals in his time with Galaxy, picked up a few cards, and was suspended for a nasty tackle on USMNT midfielder Darlington Nagbe.
They then deleted the video.
Adam Swift @AdamTheRed
Now MLS has deleted the tweet AND video of the NDJ hatchet job. He had some rough tackles, yes, but that video was amateur hour
Here’s the thing: de Jong can be mocked, as far as I’m concerned, but it’s extremely important who is doing the mocking. If the gang over at KICK TV wants to make a video showing all his nastiest tackles and wishing luck to the ankles of players in the Turkish league, sure, by all means.
KICK @KICK
Ankles in the Turkish league beware!
Nigel de Jong's "highlights" from #MLS.
But by posting a similar thing from the MLS account, created by the league’s content makers, it all gets a little bit hairy, and raises some interesting questions: Is this league’s Twitter account a journalism source covering the league, or is it a marketing tool? If it’s meant to be taken seriously as a journalism source, why produce a slanted video disparaging a player on his way out of the league?
The messaging was a mess throughout — Los Angeles Galaxy’s Twitter account went to great pains to explain that it was the league’s content creators, and not the team’s, that made the video.
And no matter what the answers to those previous questions asked before, the big one remains: Should the league be celebrating the departure of a player it was using in marketing materials not long before?
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