FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Ajax Amsterdam v Chelsea - Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands - October 23, 2019 Ajax's Sergino Dest Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith/File Photo
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch-born Ajax Amsterdam full back Sergino Dest has chosen to play for the United States ahead of the Netherlands in a blow to coach Ronald Koeman, who was hoping to persuade him to choose the other way.
"It was not any easy choice and I thought about it long and hard, but I feel it is the right choice," the 18-year-old told Ajax TV on Monday.
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