Note: This post has been updated to include comments from Steve Zakuani.

Portland Timbers midfielder Darlington Nagbe declined a U.S. National Team call-up to spend more time with his family, ESPN analyst Taylor Twellman reported during the broadcast of Tuesday's game between the U.S. National Team and New Zealand.

Nagbe, who has spent a lot of time on the road this year with the Timbers and U.S. National Team, is married and has two children, an infant son, Kingston, and a two-year-old daughter, Mila.

However, Nagbe's decision to decline the call-up could be more complicated than just a family decision.

In response to reports that Nagbe declined the call-up in order to spend more time with his family, Steve Zakuani, Nagbe's friend and former teammate at the University of Akron and on the Timbers, said on Twitter Wednesday that there is "more to the story."

but as in most cases, there's more to the story. He's too nice to maybe explain himself so that's why I do it for him lol — Steve Zakuani (@Zakuani11) October 12, 2016

The Timbers have not made Nagbe available to address his decision to decline the call-up.

Nagbe has consistently been in the U.S. National Team mix since earning his first cap last November and was part of the USA roster for this summer's Copa America. But when U.S. National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann announced his roster for friendlies against Cuba and New Zealand earlier this month, Nagbe was notably absent from the list.

The 26-year-old midfielder scored his first goal for the U.S. National Team in a friendly in May to lead the team to a 1-0 win over Ecuador. But he saw only minimal playing time during the Copa America this summer and did not feature in World Cup qualifiers against St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago in September.

It was not immediately known whether Nagbe's decision to decline the most recent call-up would have any impact on his role with the U.S. National Team moving forward.

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