U.S. national team winger Paul Arriola sidelined up to nine months with ACL tear
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Feb 23, 2020
U.S. national team winger Paul
Arriola's knee injury was confirmed as an ACL tear, requiring that he undergo reconstruction surgery on Monday.
Team physician Dr. Chris Annunziata will perform the surgery on
Arriola, who will be sidelined for up to nine months as he rehabilitates from the injury.
Arriola has been one of the most consistent performers on the U.S. national team since Gregg
Berhalter took over as head coach in 2019. He suffered the knee injury in the first half of D.C. United’s 1-0 win over Orlando City on Feb. 15.
Arriola is one of five U.S.
starters from the 2019 Gold Cup final currently sidelined with long injury layoffs.
-- Michael Bradley. The Toronto FC captain underwent surgery on his ankle in late January and
could be sidelined as much as four months.
-- Matt Miazga. The Reading defender suffered a torn ankle ligament in the Royals' 1-1 tie with Cardiff City on Jan. 25 and faces a
significant layoff..
-- Christian Pulisic. Pulisic hasn't played since Jan. 1 after suffering an adductor injury. He is training with the Chelsea U-23s while he regains his
fitness.
-- Zack Steffen. The goalkeeper, on loan to Fortuna Duesseldorf from Manchester City, has not played since December with knee tendinitis.
On Saturday, the LA
Galaxy announced that defender Danilo Acosta underwent surgery for ACL reconstruction and medial meniscal root repair and is expected to be out for 7-9 months. Acosta suffered the injury during
the Galaxy’s preseason scrimmage against Toronto FC.
Winger?, lets say he plays on the wing.....
same difference, he plays in a wide positon and cuts in, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right
kind of like your messed up name, should be schoen right, or nice/pleasant in german (i guess it could also be schon which would be 'already' but those are minor details)...so be pleasant
maybe related to phil schoen the terrible announcer?
Eamon, Schoon is dutch for clean, Schoen in dutch is shoe.
Anyone can play wide and cut in, but that doesn't mean your winger. A real winger ,lets say has a lot more capabilities and uses....We currently don't have a "Winger" .....
Phil is the best american announcer on soccer to date, love him and his great english partner and ex mls coach. They are great on the La Liga games. We all agree to disagree.
I agree.