http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/soccer/12096280.htm good luck in your recovery Conor "The United States will be without forward Conor Casey for the rest of the Gold Cup. An MRI exam Saturday revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Casey injured the knee Thursday against Cuba."
I know CC is the target of much scorn here, but I too wish him the best. This is really bad news. Hope he heals quickly and can return to action ASAP.
Say goodbye to Mainz Conor. But on the bright side, I don't have to see him play for the USA until after the World Cup hopefully.
Wow. I have a feeling Mainz ain't too happy right about now. Best of luck in the recovery Casey. I've been through it twice and look at me! You'll be just fine.
:: echoing the general sentiment here:: sucks that he got injured, but at least this forces bruce arena to play someone else at forward. good luck and i wish him a speedy and full recovery
We should start a pool on where he ends up in MLS because there ain't no going back to Germany now. He should just send for his stuff.
That is just awful for him. Probably no World Cup, probably out with Mainz. All in one little play in a meaningless match. Edit: And there is a news blurb about it on ussoccer.com: http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=198328&itype=113&iCategoryID=0
That's terrible for Casey. While I have never been the biggest fan of his play, like everyone else I certainly still wish him to be successful and to have a good career. More so than we want the players in whom we have confidnce to prove us right, the best fans want the players we doubt to show us wrong! I hope his recovery is swift and sound as possible. I vaguely remember the play on which he was injured, and as with so many other ACL injuries these days it looked fairly harmless as it happened. That field in Seattle has looked awful -- I hope it didn't cause this. Best wishes CC!
i can't see him recovering from this . . . a slow player suffering an injury that will inevitably slow him down more. good luck, but you better work hard.
You are wrong about Conor. His skill level may not up to USMNT, but he is a tough kid. He is not Clint Mathis. He will get back and goes back to Germany.
Not to dredge up some bad feelings, but it's situations like this that underscore why the players were so adamant in holding out for more money from US Soccer. The players risk a lot when they play for their country. Yeah, Mainz still has to pay his salary - and you can bet they're gonna be thrilled about that! - but he loses all his bonus money plus his employer, which didn't want him playing in this tournament to begin with, likely is going to want to let him go the first chance they can. Tough break for Casey, here's hoping for a speedy recovery.
Whats amazing is that there arent more injuries like this given the amount of tackling and/or twisitng of the knee in the sport - you just have to have all your weight on one leg and get a force in the wrong direction and.....xxxxxxxrip.
good, i hope he proves me wrong - not saying it can't be done - it's just going to require massive effort. He should include some work to develop his reaction timing as well.
Apparently Mainz will only have to pay his salary for the next six weeks before insurance kicks in. I am not completely clear about this, but the topic came up recently in the German press concerning Jens Nowotny and Bayer Leverkusen. The following is from a recent Kicker article: Nonetheless, Mainz is not going to be thrilled about this as you say. And selling him will be very difficult. I wonder if they will dissolve the contract???
OMG. Mainz is going to be pissed... And you wonder why clubs don't want players attending int'l games... Conor's dug a bit ol' hole for himself now (w/club)..unfortunate..
I don't know about that. He may still hook onto another club (he had multiple offers- both BL1 and BL2- last year before Mainz). However, some club is going to give him a good going over...to make sure the injury isn't still lingering. Sandon is absolutely right that US Soccer has got to be in position to 'cover the difference' whenever a player gets in a situation like this. A player should never be out money because they agree to play for National Team. US soccer should make up any difference in what a healthy Casey woulda made for Mainz this year..(covering the part insurance does not). It is only the fair thing to do. US Soccer should have a pot of money for these unique situations in the future.