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Brad Guzan will be glad to see the back of English football when he departs this summer.

It's been a tough couple of years for Guzan in the Premier League, where he has suffered a double relegation with Aston Villa and now Middlesbrough.

As well as packing his goalkeeper gloves, Guzan will be taking wounded pride with him when he returns to his native United States at the end of the season to join Major League Soccer franchise Atlanta.

To add insult to injury not only did his final home match for Boro end in a 2-1 defeat to Southampton today - it also ended in the embarrassment of his own fans calling for him to be sent off.

During the match at the Riverside there was the bizarre situation of Boro fans chanting 'Off, off, off' at their own keeper when he conceded a penalty by fouling Shane Long.

Guzan, who was nutmegged for all three goals in the defeat at Chelsea which confirmed his current club's relegation on Monday, was not red-carded by Anthony Taylor, and Long subsequently blasted Saints' spot-kick over.

But he was red-faced and Guzan who will hope home comforts in the States will kickstart a career which has been on something of a downer for too long.