From Mexico to Germany to the Pacific Northwest, American Soccer Now contributor Nick Kariuki affords up the most recent damage information on U.S. nationwide team-eligible gamers
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Nick Kariuki
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Could 03, 2016
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John Anthony Brooks missed fourth-placed Hertha Berlin’s 2-1 loss towards third-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday on account of a shin damage, in a key match-up for an automated spot for subsequent season’s Champions League. The central defender hasn’t featured for Berlin since its 3-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund within the cup semifinal on Could 20. Brooks posted this photograph of his return to the fitness center on Wednesday:
Began figuring out once more ???????????????? #gettinready #hahohe #wallofbrooks #JayB pic.twitter.com/CQjdWDolVg
— John Anthony Brooks (@j_brooks25) April 27, 2016
Fabian Johnson sat out of Borussia Monchengladbach’s Saturday’s 1-1 draw towards league-leaders Bayern Munich after lacking coaching on Wednesday on account of a proper groin damage.
Eintracht Frankfurt defender Timothy Chandler was again in coaching on Friday, however he was not within the squad that received Saturday’s Hessen derby 2-1 towards Darmstadt. Chandler had missed the earlier recreation towards Mainz on account of a torn thigh muscle. The Eagles have received two straight matches, vastly serving to their push to keep away from relegation from the Bundesliga.
In Liga MX, Membership Tijuana’s Greg Garza got here on as an alternative within the U-20 group’s 2-0 win over Puebla’s youth aspect, choosing up his first minutes in eight months. Garza had been sidelined by surgical procedure to his proper hip, picked up whereas on mortgage with Atlas the season earlier than. “It felt very special to me,” the 24-year-old stated after the sport. “But the most important thing is to be back with the group. It’s a game of patience, it took a long time to get back on the field but to get back on the field and be one of the players is very special to me.”
Darlington Nagbe logged his first minutes after the ankle sprain inflicted by Nigel de Jong’s heavy deal with final week. The playmaker returned on Wednesday for the Portland Timbers’ 1-1 draw on the New England Revolution, adopted by one other full 90 minutes in Sunday’s 2-1 win over Toronto FC. The damage compelled Nagbe to overlook two matches.
For the Revs, Charlie Davies needed to be taken of within the thirty fifth minute of the Timbers match on account of a proper groin damage, and subsequently missed Saturday’s 2-2 draw towards Orlando Metropolis. “He’s the one guy on our team that really has that hunger for the goal a little bit ahead of everyone else and it was tough to see him go down,” Revs coach Jay Heaps stated after Wednesday’s recreation. “I’m not sure how bad it is. I have not been able to go in there, but he walked off and his getting treatment right now, so we’ll see if he can turn it around.”
Davies’ damage on Wednesday meant that Juan Agudelo’s return from the hamstring damage that has stored him out for 3 matches got here a lot before the ahead anticipated. “Yeah, it’s tough, especially mentally, when you know that you’ve had a hamstring problem and hamstrings need a good warm-up,” Agudelo stated. “But I was able to get my jog in and luckily halftime was there so that I could get a little bit longer warm-up.” Agudelo subbed on within the seventieth minute of the Orlando Metropolis match and scored the Revs’ second aim of the match.
The Revs have additionally been with out left again Chris Tierney since he picked up a hamstring damage towards D.C. United on April 23. New England subsequent faces the Galaxy on Saturday.
Clint Dempsey got here on within the 78th minute of the Seattle Sounders’ 1-0 win towards the Columbus Crew. The striker was stored out of squad that misplaced 3-1 to the Colorado Rapids on account of groin tightness.
Los Angeles midfielder Sebastian Lletget returned from a groin damage to play the primary 62 minutes of the aspect’s 1-1 draw towards Sporting Kansas Metropolis. The 23-year-old returned to restricted coaching on Wednesday.
Lastly, Maurice Edu should still be sidelined with stress fracture in his decrease left leg, however he’s attempting to assist the Philadelphia Union any means he can. The group captain has been motivating gamers and scouting the opposition. The aspect’s promising begin to the season has solely left him extra motivated to get again on the sector.
“The rehab process is out of my control, in terms of how my body heals,” he stated on Wednseday. “But I’m doing everything I can and as much as I can, to try to speed that process up, encourage that process, promote that process. And along the way, I’m trying to maintain my head because you know, it can be tough at times. Especially when it’s an injury like this, a bone healing, the timetable can vary. I just try to keep my head, and take things day by day.” Edu needs to be again as early as below two months, primarily based on the unique estimate given in March.
