Gotham FC
Gotham FC offered a brutal damage replace Wednesday morning on one in every of its star defenders.
Membership captain Tierna Davidson suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee final week, Gotham introduced Wednesday. She’ll be placed on the NWSL’s season-ending damage record.
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It’s an enormous blow to the group’s again line as Gotham has struggled to a winless begin via three video games.
Gotham FC’s Tierna Davidson in motion in an NWSL recreation on June 8, 2024. Noah Okay. Murray-NY Publish
“We’re heartbroken for Tierna,” normal supervisor and head of soccer operations Yael Averbuch West stated in a press release. “Our membership will do all the things we are able to to assist her via this restoration and rehabilitation course of. We all know she is going to come again stronger than ever.”
Davidson, 26, left Friday’s goalless draw towards the Houston Sprint with a left knee damage on a non-contact play within the forty fourth minute.
After the sport, Gotham FC coach Juan Carlos Amorós known as Davidson a “warrior” and stated it was “devastating” seeing her go away the sport with an damage.
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“I do know that no matter it’s, we’re gonna be along with her, we’re gonna assist her,” he advised reporters. “She’s in secure fingers. We’ve got a improbable medical group, and I hope [the injury] is the minimal it may be as a result of she’s been excellent for us and excellent for her nation.”
Davidson was presupposed to go well with up for the U.S. ladies’s nationwide group in its upcoming friendlies towards Brazil, rematches of the 2024 Olympic gold-medal conflict. U.S. Soccer introduced Monday that Angel FC defender Gisele Thompson would exchange Davidson.
That is Davidson’s second critical knee damage in three years.
Tierna Davidson defends towards Marta throughout a recreation between Gotham FC and Orlando Pleasure in Harrison, N.J., on March 23, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES through Reuters Join
Davidson suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in March 2022. She returned to the pitch in early 2023 however was left off the 2023 World Cup roster.
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Davidson, one of many NWSL’s finest middle backs, joined Gotham FC in January 2024 after spending her first 5 seasons with the Chicago Crimson Stars, now referred to as the Stars.
She was an anchor for Gotham final season and helped them to one in every of their finest defensive seasons in franchise historical past. Gotham set a group document for fewest objectives conceded (20) and completed with a plus-21 aim differential, which was the league’s fourth-best mark in 2024.
Davidson has made 22 appearances for Gotham, together with all three begins this season. She was voted to be the membership captain for 2025 by her teammates.
