Sergino Dest has dominated the U.S. Men’s National Team headlines for awhile. He is one of the best up and coming defenders in the entire pool — and, in fact, in world football for that matter — and is beginning to make waves as a premier starter for Ajax, both in the Eredivise and in Europe.
At the end of 2019, Dest was faced with a tough decision. He was born in the Netherlands to a Surinamese-American father and a Dutch mother. He could play for both America, who clearly wanted him and had worked hard to develop a relationship with him, and the Netherlands, a European powerhouse that represented the higher level of competition.