PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Thorns forward Janine Beckie tore a ligament in her appropriate knee and will miss the National Women’s Soccer League season and the Planet Cup this summer time with Canada.
Beckie tore her ACL in a preseason game in between the Thorns and the U.S. below-23 women’s national group Wednesday.
She stated “heartbroken is an understatement” in a post Friday on social media.
“Having worked so difficult for the duration of the off-season for what was set to be one particular of the largest seasons of my profession, defending the title for Portland Thorns and of course playing in the Planet Cup for Canada, getting out for an extended period of time is a tough pill to swallow,” she wrote.
Beckie, 28, has played for the Canadian national group given that 2014. She produced her 101st look for Canada in a match against Japan final month in the team’s final match of the SheBelieves Cup tournament in Texas.
General she has 36 ambitions for Canada, at present ranked sixth in the planet.
Beckie signed with the Thorns final season just after a 4-season stint with Manchester City in the Women’s Super League.
The Thorns stated Beckie will have surgery in the coming weeks.
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