Australian star Sam Kerr, runner-up for the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or, tore her ACL during training with Chelsea at its winter camp in Morocco and will miss the rest of the 2023-24 season.

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.