Thorns FC loses Edwards for season

• by Soccer America , Jun 20, 2013

[NWSL SCHEDULE: Day 11]  Portland Thorns FC will travel to New Jersey to face Sky Blue FC in a battle of the NWSL leaders without key midfielder Becky Edwards, who underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn ACL in her left knee. She had started and played every minute of every game through the first 10 games of the NWSL season.

Edwards, who sustained the injury last week during training in Portland, is expected to be out approximately six months.

-- The Washington Spirit waived midfielder Ingrid Wells, a former All-American at Georgetown University and member of the U.S. under-23 national team who was signed from Swedish club Gothenburg FC in February and had made eight starts.

NWSL SCHEDULE, Week 11
Saturday, June 22
Sky Blue FC vs. Portland
Sunday, June 23
FC Kansas City vs. Washington
Western NY vs. Seattle

NWSL REWIND, Week 11
Wednesday, June 19
Chicago 2 Western NY 2
CHI: Alyssa Mautz 1
WNY: Adriana Martin (Vicki DiMartino) 12
CHI: Leslie Osborne 40
WNY: Brittany Taylor (Alex Sahlen) 89
Att.: 790.

NWSL STANDINGS
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
25 Sky Blue FC 8-2-1 20/10
25 Portland 8-2-1 18/9
17 Western NY 5-2-2 15/9
16 FC Kansas City 5-4-1 14/11
12 Boston 3-4-3 16/17
11 Chicago 3-5-2 10/15
6 Washington 1-5-3 9/16
1 Seattle 0-9-1 4/19

NWSL SCHEDULE, Week 12
Wed, June 26
Boston vs. Seattle
Sky Blue FC vs. FC Kansas City
Fri, June 28
Western NY vs. Washington
Sat, June 29
Seattle vs. Chicago
Sun, June 30
FC Kansas City vs. Portland
Boston vs. Sky Blue FC

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