Major League Soccer gave the D.C. United forward permission to resume team activities but did not reinstate teammate Taxi Fountas, three days after both were placed on administrative leave following what people described as a locker room confrontation.
A United spokesman said the team had no additional comment on the matter. An MLS official did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Robertha, a reserve forward from the Netherlands who recently returned from a long-term ankle injury, has scored one goal in seven appearances this year and six over three seasons with United. Fountas, a Greece national team regular, a 2022 MLS all-star and United’s third-highest-paid player, has six goals in 17 matches this season after leading the club with 12 tallies last year.
This is not the first racial allegation to be aired against Fountas, who came to D.C. in March 2022 on a transfer from Austrian club Rapid Vienna. Fountas’s debut season was marred by a September incident in which Aimé Mabika, then with Inter Miami,during a matchup at Audi Field. MLS launched an investigation and said it found the allegation to be “credible” but could not “independently verify” it.
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