Not a very good sign for the beginning of the season.. http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20030315-70598828.htm Galin Ivanov will be out for up to a month with a hernia injury.. Add Rimando (ankle), Nelsen (ankle), Prideaux (hamstring) and Hristo (concussion) to the list and things are looking pretty ugly at the moment.. The good thing is that we do have a good solid month before the opener and right now only Ivanov is looking doubtful.. Looks like the Nelsen at d-mid will probably be put on hold for a while until Ivanov can get fully fit.. Who plays the d-mid now? Will it be Namoff? Carroll? Who knows, but I will be asking Ray Hudson these questions on Monday for The Soccer Show...
At least Petke and Hristo played the full scrimmage today. Petke looked OK, and Hristo looked a lot better than that.
Thanks for the link. Sad to hear the injuries continue. While Ivanov did not play, I believe he was at the open practice in a warm-up suit. Good to see that Hristo is recovered from the concussion. I also agree that he looked good, in fact I think he was the best player out there.
IMO Rimando looked fine on his ankle. He said that it was getting better. I'm guessing they're just holding him out until the regular season for precautionary reasons. Hristo also looked great.
We seem to be averaging about one hernia per year since Sanneh went down with one back in 1998 (or 1997). Convey and Quaranta faced this problem also. Let's hope this is our one for the year.
Just Curious - Are Hernias a common soccer injury. It does seem that DCU gets hit allot with this injury. Is it some conditioning thing or exercise that is causing this? The Far Side
If Ivanov were not ready for the opener, I would expect Nelsen to stay at D-mid, and for Petke to slide in at center back. Then Prideaux would step on at left back.
According to a member of the DC United coaching staff, this injury depends on how a player hits the ball. Striking the ball from the side while twisting the body can cause this injury and that it is a bit of a repetitive use injury. At least that is my understanding of it, which could be competely off-base as I am not a medical doctor and don't even fake it on-line...
I don't think that is so much that DC gets hit hard my this injury, it just seems to occer to players that are more prevelent than others. Many teams have players that this occurs to and it is just not that public knowledge. In Convey and Quarantas case it belive it to be more a case of these guys bodies being stessed in ways that they have never had happen to them before, and being asked to play alot more in year two than in year one, and both injuries occured during the same time of the year. Both have/had chronicly weak groins and both had weak abdominals so the stress needs to go somewhere. It to a certain respect is a conditioning deal, in that they spend so much time striking balls, that when the stomach is stress in some way it fails. I has nothing to do with how a player strikes a ball as advocated by the DC Coach, and more in to do with an overall pelvic weakness. It a common injury in hockey as well, and that is do to the stress provided by skating
Maybe the injuries aren't soccer related, if you get my drift... Chronically weak groins?? I'll stick with my gimpy knees, thanks.