U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn has a right foot injury that will keep her out of the Women’s World Cup next month.
FILE - United States' Becky Sauerbrunn handles the ball during the first half of an international friendly soccer match against Ireland, April 11, 2023, in St. Louis. U.S. national team captain Sauerbrunn has a right foot injury that will keep her out of the Women's World Cup next month. A person familiar with the matter confirmed that Sauerbrunn will miss the World Cup, first reported by The Athletic.
The U.S. women's national team is expected to unveil its 23-player roster for the World Cup next week. The two-time defending World Cup champions will play a send-off match against Wales in San Jose on July 9 before departingThe United States, winner of four World Cups overall, opens the World Cup with a match against Vietnam on July 22 in Auckland.
Sauerbrunn, who plays professionally for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, originally hurt her foot in April. She briefly was a substitute in a June 3 match against the Reign, but hasn't played since. The nature of the injury has not been made public.
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