Last stop on the MLS express for the New England Revolution’s Lee Nguyen?

The Lee Nguyen news that broke earlier this week should be quite an eye-opener for the young winger. Nguyen, once a promising attacker who seemed to be oozing with national team potential, is clearly at a crossroads. It’s on him to show he’s got the stuff, or his days in MLS will die a quick and merciless death.

The skinny looks like this: Vancouver acquired Nguyen, 25, through a weighted lottery in December. He was in the Whitecaps training camp, playing along the outside spots, when I visited with the club in Arizona a month ago. Turns out, he didn’t stick around much longer than I did; Whitecaps manager Martin Rennie, weighing all those splendid options in attacking positions, waived the Dallas native. New England claimed Nguyen and he was on the practice field for new Revs boss Jay Heaps on Tuesday.

Kyle McCarthy’s piece from this evening at MLSSoccer.com says Nguyen has called this a “humbling experience.”  Hopefully it can be a learning one, too. Four things to know about Nguyen as he…

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