It’s official: Lee Nguyen to play in V-League
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
In a risky career move that brings him from the major soccer leagues of Europe to his parents’ country of Vietnam, U.S. stand-out Lee Nguyen is said to have accepted a position with Hoang Anh Gia Lai, one of Vietnam’s top teams.
The news was first reported by the nascent Vietnamese sports publication The Thao 24 Gio, which does not have a web site, and was promptly re-run by others including Dan Tri here and the soccer-only Bong Da here (both in Vietnamese).
The publication reports that the team has submitted its official roster to the league’s office for the championship tournament, and 22-year-old Lee Nguyen is shown to be donning jersey no. 9.
Lee Nguyen - whom fans call by his first name Lee - apparently clinched the deal with a stellar tryout, scoring 3 goals in 60 minutes. Last-minute rumors that suggest an MLS team may be looking at Lee turned out to be just that, rumors.
The Thao 24 Gio notes Lee’s career risks, but points out that with the high risk comes a high reward: (more…)
Some soccer sites are floating the rumor that an MLS team is interested in Lee Nguyen, making it possible that the 22-year-old Vietnamese-American star striker may not be 
