Major League Soccer announced Friday that L.A. Galaxy and United States men’s national team midfielder Sebastian Lletget has been suspended two matches and fined after using an anti-gay slur.
Lletget posted a video to his Instagram of him using a slur in Spanish while walking with Galaxy teammate Julian Araujo at a practice session earlier this month.
The 28-year-old quickly deleted the video and apologized, via Outsports, saying, “I need to do and be better.” The Galaxy also released a statement saying they “do not condone homophobic or derogatory language of any kind.”
Lletget has played for the Galaxy since 2015 and has one assist in one game this season. He has notched 20 goals and 16 assists in 112 career starts.
The California native has made 20 appearances for the USMNT, including two appearances during their March friendlies.
