Kansas Metropolis Present and United States ladies’s nationwide crew defender Alana Prepare dinner tore the ACL, MCL and meniscus in her left knee final week, the Present introduced on Thursday.
“Alana has made a big effect for our membership on and off the pitch in a brief time period, and our hearts completely break for her,” Kansas Metropolis head coach Vlatko Andonovski mentioned in an announcement.
“All through her profession, Alana has confirmed to be decided, resilient and disciplined with an optimistic spirit. We’re assured she is going to carry those self same attributes into her restoration course of. The crew will stand by her each step of the way in which, and we eagerly await the day she is ready to be a part of us on the pitch once more.”
Prepare dinner has 30 caps with the USWNT. Her constant type since arriving in Kansas Metropolis through a commerce final summer time earned her a recall to the crew in April. She performed in one of many matches towards Brazil, marking her first worldwide look since October 2023.
Prepare dinner exited the sphere within the 62nd minute of Kansas Metropolis’s 1-0 win over Orlando on Might 16. The victory opened a four-point lead atop the NWSL desk for Kansas Metropolis, nevertheless it got here at a steep value.
Brazilian playmaker Debinha and 2024 NWSL MVP and Golden Boot winner Temwa Chawinga additionally exited the match attributable to accidents.
Debinha wrote on her Instagram account on Wednesday that the harm would maintain her out for “some time.” Andonovski informed media on Wednesday that Debinha will not be again “till after the summer time.” The NWSL resumes from its summer time break in August.
Chawinga was nonetheless being evaluated, Andonovski mentioned on Wednesday. The coach mentioned after final week’s match that Chawinga’s harm is said to the one which has bothered her all year long. The Present have declined to specify what the harm is.
