{"id":9762,"date":"2025-10-07T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/columbus-midfielder-darlington-nagbe-to-retire-at-age-35\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:11:49","slug":"columbus-midfielder-darlington-nagbe-to-retire-at-age-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/columbus-midfielder-darlington-nagbe-to-retire-at-age-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus midfielder Darlington Nagbe to retire at age 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Columbus Crew midfielder Darlington Nagbe plans to retire after the Major League Soccer playoffs, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has won four league titles in 15 seasons in MLS. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Portland (2015)<\/span> ), <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Atlanta (2018)<\/span> and Columbus ( <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2020<\/span>, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2023<\/span> ). He has been serving as a crew captain since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>His 444 total MLS regular season appearances rank him fifth behind Nick Rimando (514), Kyle Beckerman (498), Dax McCarty (488) and Kei Kamara (463).<\/p>\n<p>Nagbe scored nine goals in the regular season and two in the playoffs with Portland (2011-17), Atlanta (2018-19) and Columbus (2020-25).<\/p>\n<p>He has played 25 international games, scoring one goal, and scored for the United States in a friendly against Ecuador in 2016. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2017: 2-1 loss against Trinidad and Tobago<\/span> This ended the American&#8217;s streak of consecutive World Cup appearances at seven.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Liberia, Nagbe moved to the United States with his family when he was 5 months old and played in Akron, where he won the Hellman Trophy in 2010 as the top men&#8217;s college soccer player. 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