Alan Velasco Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury in MLS Match

Alan Velasco will miss the rest of the MLS season after suffering a serious knee injury (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

The defeat of FC Dallas 2-0 against Seattle Sounders as visitors at Lumen Field on Monday, October 30 for the first leg of the round of 16 of Major League Soccer (MLS) left, beyond the adverse result, terrible news for the cast led by the Spanish Nico Estévez, since it suffered the painful loss of one of its main figures.

Barely 17 minutes of play had passed when Argentine soccer player Alan Velasco had to leave the field of play and make way for Canadian Liam Fraser. The departure of the skilled 21-year-old winger or game organizer, who emerged from the Independiente de Avellaneda youth academy, was beginning to worry the Texas state franchise.

The worst news was announced this Wednesday, November 1, with the confirmation of the injury that will keep the skilled player who has played 67 official matches with 13 goals and 7 assists in Dallas for long months off the field. “Velasco tore the cruciate ligaments in his knee. He is going to have surgery in the next few days,” reported journalist Gastón Edul on his Twitter account.

In this way, one of the Argentine figures that the MLS has (who had been summoned to the Argentine team by Lionel Scaloni and Javier Mascherano thinking about the Pre-Olympic and the renewal of the Major League squad) completed his participation for this season and, Given the logical recovery time frames for this type of injury, it may possibly reappear around mid-2024. The news was echoed on social media and the pro-Independiente media sent their forces to a young talent who knew how to shine in the fields of Villa Dominico and in the Libertadores de América.

For Dallas, which has not yet issued an official medical report in this regard, it means an extremely sensitive loss of one of the most outstanding players on the squad. In addition, the Texans must reverse the series against the Seattle Sounders (0-2) in their stadium on November 4 to try to advance to the quarterfinals.

In the rest of the MLS round of 16 matches, Cincinnati beat New York RB 3-0 with goals from Argentinians Álvaro Barreal and Luciano Acosta, and is confidently awaiting revenge. While Philadelphia Union defeated New England 3-1 at home (Gustavo Bou scored the injury time) and Kansas City crushed Saint Louis City 4-1 away.

In other matches, Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-1, Los Angeles FC beat Vancouver 5-2 and Orlando City won 1-0 against Nashville SC. The duel between Columbus Crew and Atlanta United remains to be completed.

2023-11-02 01:56:07
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