Defender Tierna Davidson (L) made 65 appearances for the USA Girls’s Nationwide Crew. File Picture by Mike Theiler/UPI
April 2 (UPI) — United States Girls’s Nationwide Crew and NJ/NY Gotham FC defender Tierna Davidson sustained a torn ACL in her left knee and can miss the remainder of the NWSL season, Gotham FC introduced Wednesday.
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Davidson sustained the non-contact harm within the first half of a 0-0 draw with the Houston Sprint on Friday in Houston. She exited simply earlier than halftime.
“In all seriousness, I to have the assist of my household, teammates and membership all through this course of,” Davidson wrote on Instagram. “The great thing about life is its unpredictable nature. Whereas I’ve discovered myself on the hostile aspect of this unpredictability for the time being, I do know this expertise can be one other colourful chapter of my journey.
“I’ve little doubt this yr will deliver me sudden joys regardless of this setback.”
Davidson, 26, joined the membership earlier than the 2024 marketing campaign. She made 22 appearances, together with three this season. She gained the 2019 FIFA Girls’s World Cup and a gold medal on the 2024 Summer season Olympics with the USA Girls’s Nationwide Crew.
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“We’re heartbroken for Tierna,” Gotham FC basic supervisor Yael Averbuch West mentioned. “Our membership will do the whole lot we are able to to assist her by means of this restoration and rehabilitation course of.
“We all know she is going to come again stronger than ever.”
Gotham FC will host the North Carolina Braveness at 4 p.m. EDT April 13 in Harrison, N.J.
