UFL’s Samson Nacua
Smacked With Suspension
… For Hitting Fan
Printed
Puka Nacua‘s brother is in hassle with the United Soccer League — Samson Nacua was simply suspended for slapping a fan in a heated post-game altercation.
The UFL handed down the punishment on Tuesday … stating the Michigan Panthers receiver was banned one sport with out pay for “an altercation with a spectator” after the matchup towards the St. Louis Battlehawks at The Dome at America’s Middle on Saturday.
Michigan Panther’s Samson Nacua (Puka Nacua’s brother) smacks a Battlehawks fan on the finish of the sport on Saturday.
The @TheUFL cant let this go unpunished. Bush league transfer in direction of the perfect followers within the league and the one motive it’s nonetheless alive. pic.twitter.com/2yYG0eG1Us
— Thomas Welch (@twelcher15) April 27, 2025
@twelcher15
On high of the pressured sit-out, the league says Nacua has agreed to do group service in some unspecified time in the future later within the season.
Nacua will serve his suspension on Sunday, Might 4 when the Panthers go up towards the DC Defenders, league EVP of Soccer Operations Daryl “Moose” Johnston stated.
Video of the incident reveals Nacua on the sidelines jawing at a fan who was leaning over a railing … and finally reaching up and taking a swipe at his face earlier than strolling again on the sphere.
Nacua wasn’t achieved, although … shouting within the fan’s course as he continued on to the grass.
Unclear what sparked the incident … however the league discovered Nacua’s slap to the face worthy of a slap on the wrist nonetheless.
