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Tom Gott

USWNT’s Savannah DeMelo Sues Doctors After Cardiac Arrest on Pitch

Racing Louisville and USWNT midfielder Savannah DeMelo is suing a hospital and two doctors for alleged negligence leading up to her on-field cardiac arrest in September 2025.

Then 27 years old, DeMelo collapsed late in the first half of a game against Seattle Reign. No explanation for the incident was provided until Tuesday, when the midfielder took to Instagram to reveal “an undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmia” that led to cardiac arrest.

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