USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie has said that his loan spell at Leeds United in 2023 was the lowest point of his career.
in 2023 was the lowest point of his career, adding that he was the subject of racist abuse during his time playing in the
"My time at Leeds was probably one of my lower points, if not the lowest in my professional career," McKennie said in an interview with, playing week in and week out, and maybe I developed a little bit of comfortability or complacency, knowing I was going to play on the weekend. By going to Leeds and having the performance that I had there and the way that it just turned out in general -- four coaches in five months, just nothing going to plan or how I imagined it.
"I like to think I'm someone that has a thick skin," McKennie said."When you get little comments here and there, it's pretty easy to ignore. But then when you open up your phone and always the first thing you see on social is something negative, it's hard to ignore it.
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