It’s probably for the best for the U.S. men’s national team that the World Cup is not taking place in the summer.
Between injuries, dips in form and extended runs of poor form for some core players on the club level, matches against England, Iran and one of Scotland/Wales/Ukraine would look a lot more daunting if they were occurring in two months as opposed to seven.
The latest hit comes in the form of an injury to center back Chris Richards, who is set for “a long spell on the sidelines” with a muscle tendon injury in his right thigh. Richards had just come back for German club Hoffenheim from an ankle injury suffered during a U.S. World Cup qualifier in Canada in late January, but his season is over following the latest setback.
