Based on a recent article it seems that there's still no time table set for Morgan's return from an ankle injury. She's still not able to run at this point. It's looking pretty likely that she won't be ready for the start of the NWSL Season or perhaps even the matches against France in June.
She would have been better off with an ACL tear at this point. At least she would have only been out for like nine months or so. This is taking FOREVER. Hopefully she has insurance on her ankle, like J-Lo had on her arse. Morgan may lose some endorsements eventually, because she's gotta keep her name out there. At least she was smart enough to do the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo-shoot. She knows how to rack in the green cheddar. She wears the Financial pants in the family (not Carrasco).
Can somebody please tell me why it's taking forever for her friggin ankle to heal? What did she do to it??? She better be ready in time for the WC
The sponsors jump ship only if USSoccer picks another face as their soccer girl of the future. That won't happen at least until after 2019 or some ridiculous year like that. So she can continue to count her sponsorship coins. Well, I could see them pulling a wolf on people and convincing the sheep that the Mewis Sisters are the mid-fielders of the future.
If we see the Mewis sisters on an ESPN SportsCenter commercial, I will just fall over dying of laughter.
It's taking FOREVER. At this point, she probably did something really funky. Me thinks she was eating Cheetos while looking at Playgirl, and she accidentally hit her device up against her ankle real hard. It had to be something really embarrassing for her, because it seems they are acting really strange (as if they're covering it up in terms of how it happened, and why it's taking so long to recover). I'm thinking she re-aggregated it yet again while having orange residue on her hands & then something slipped. The other theory I have is that she must have dropped her wine glass on the exact worst spot on her ankle (by the exact millimeter in terms of its impact), and that's causing a longer recovery time. Simply put, and to be discreet, she must have hit her Funny Bone really hard. The final theory I have is that she needs more free time to write more children's books. Her next title is, "From the Pitch to the Scenic Water Fountain", a heartwarming story about giving it all at practice, and then taking it all off after practice while doing a near nude photo-shoot for a conglomerate magazine. Disclaimer: Alex Morgan is good at capitalism. Props to her.
From what I've read and seen, she went down with what was thought to be a simple sprain, and she came back too quickly. Then they discovered it was actually a stress reaction or stress fracture (I've heard both...stress fractures are slightly more serious). Because this injury is often a result of overuse, you have to stay away from any weight-bearing activity. And if it doesn't heal completely, it'll reoccur. They're trying to avoid that...its better that she takes the time now to heal completely than to re-injure it later and miss qualification or even the WWC.
the video suggests that it's a very unusual injury- stress fracture of the talus bone which has very little blood supply which is what's needed for healing. no surgery needed. she just has to hurry up and be patient or else it could be a broken record of the same injury that can stifle her career.
Well I think the first thing she needs to do is break off her engagement... But really, the predictable recovery process seems to be the exception rather than the rule lately. Look at Heath's injury: a "sore ankle" shouldn't have kept her sidelined from the USWNT for over 8 months. "Hurry up and be patient" is actually one of the less egregious contradictions that might come up in a discussion about an injury like Morgan's. And it makes sense in its own nonsensical way. She needs to get back on the team as soon as she possibly can WITHOUT risking aggravating the injury again.
Paul Riley said on Talk_Timbers podcast that he is planning to play the first two months of the season without her.
Ever since she got engaged she hasn't been reliable. Whether she's faking or exaggerating her injury or not, the end result is the same. She's not available. Man, that Carrasco is one really big Assle. Naw, he's not really an Assle, he's her Castle. At this point, I would say put a fork in Morgan for 2014. Let's just hope she can get back before Memorial Day in 2015, so she can get some practice time with the team. WWC starts on June 6 next year. Less than 15 months away now. She'll probably do another photo-shoot to keep her name relevant until then.
Hey, I think @WPS_Movement is just summarizing the current frustrations of a lot of Alex Morgan fans, myself included, albeit in a very...colorful way. At any rate, the last time I checked, this forum doesn't prohibit the use of a little poetic license.
I don't think anyone minds a little poetry. This is just throwing manure around in the hope of spattering someone. Feel free to stand between us if you wish.
Yeah, I've never seen an athlete miss this much time due to an ankle injury, unless their ankle was ripped completely off their foot and hanging by a thread of skin or something. If that's the case, I can see it taking 9 months after it's reset & put back in place. It's not like Morgan had to have her foot completely reset. And it's not like she just had a baby. Instead, she only sprained her ankle. I've seen athletes tape it up & come back in to the game in a matter of minutes. Even for high ankle sprains. I've also seen other athletes miss a few weeks tops (maybe 6-8 weeks at the very most). It's getting to the point where she's almost being a drama queen about it.
I think she really wants to go to the World Cup people.... so she's taking her sweet time getting that sucker healed 200 percent! She's like Kobe Bryant, we just keep waiting and waiting...... and nothing
I think it's safe to say that it's official now. Morgan is a "Prima-Donna" and a "Pre-Madonna". The first female athlete in the history of women's sports that can actually claim that. Billie Jean King was a Prima-Donna, but she was surely not a Pre-Madonna.