TFC 2014 In-Season Player Injury Thread
Let's hope this thread is an inactive as our playoff runs over the years.
Jermain Defoe - tweaked his hamstring in the second half of the RSL game...any updates?
OsorioOsorioJulio Cesar - was in a nasty collision vs RSL, haven't read any reports of serious injury
Osorio - out 1-2 weeks....updates? Should we expect to see a return for our next home fixture vs the Rapids.
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Last edited by Ageroo; 04-29-2014 at 12:19 PM.
I think the Julio Cesar injury came more from how he landed on the leg. It looked like it twisted to the side a bit. He played on, so I doubt it is major.
Kris Lindsay@KrisitoLindsayMar 29Julio Cesar looked like he had a grapefruit growing out of his knee in the locket room, but didn't seem too upset.
Given he stayed in the game I didn't think it was too serious but this tweet is a bit concerning. Hopefully it's nothing serious.
Given Osorio's hammy was not right during/right after the DC game I'm wondering why in the hell he was even training last week? Because it certainly got worse. Seems like dumb management of a player to me.
He wasn't in full training earlier in the week. He must've been felling better to train on Friday but he ended up aggravating it again. Just bad luck.Originally Posted by nonc
I suspect Defoe being subbed off was just precautionary. We were down 3-0 and he felt a little tweak. I think he'll be good for Columbus.
TSN is reporting that Henry may sit out game vs Crew along with osorio & defoe.
Note - the article has no authoritative reference just "may"
Reference Nelsen interview from earlier today
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Watching that, I'd say Henry is more likely then not to play while Defoe is waiting on a scan and will not play if it endangers anything long term.
Osorio is out, probably until New England.
Jermain Defoe has been ruled out of Toronto FC’s road game versus the Columbus Crew on Saturday due to a hamstring injury. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/mls-toronto-fc-tfc-jermain-defoe-steven-caldwell-jonathan-osorio-doneil-henry/
Regarding Defoe. While there is no official word from the club we can make some comparisons.
The Jays broadcast mentioned Reyes' hamstring injury saying "there is no such thing as a minor hamstring injury".
Reyes was diagnosed with a mild one via MRI but will miss at least 15 days. He injured it before a couple of seasons ago and missed 30 games.
Returning too soon can lead to permanent muscle weakness or so says WebMD.
I wonder how much of Defoe and Osorio being held back has to do with erring on the side of caution and figuring 3pts against Colorado is better than 1pt each vs Kolumbus and Colorado
Based on what you read about hamstring injuries and the way Reyes is being treated with a "mild" one, I'd say it's logical that Defoe misses 2-4 weeks at a minimum.
If they lose today, there may be pressure to play him next Saturday against Colorado. I really hope they don't until he is 100%.
Osorio's injury is more concerning to me. Young and to go down twice in 2 years is not good. They also haven't said much about it which leads one to think that it may be more significant.
Here's a fun bit of fact.
Nelsen said that he didn't think Defoe's hamstring injury wasn't related to his Tottenham one.
He's listed as having a "left hamstring" injury.
Check out this picture of Defoe leaving a match, from Tottenham, Aug 3 of 2013. Not sure about you but that appears to be his "left hamstring" he is clutching isn't it?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...report-2122203
Defoe and Bradley are "questionable" for the weekend according to multiple reports.
Nelsen suggests that it is partly because of training on turf.
Now there's a can of worms…
Nelsen is the MLS verision of Mourinho when it comes to mind games
Exactly. Bradley will be playing for sure. Most likely no Defoe and Henry. Oso may be on the bench.
Last edited by PopePouri; 04-09-2014 at 12:14 PM.
are we the little horse or the big horse?
My guess is Nelson was referring to the injury that Defoe suffered in February right before coming to TFC.. not back in August 2013.
I am actually surprised that it took this long to have an In Season Injury Thread given our history with bullshit injuries....or did I just miss it when it came out?
One things for sure - this should be one of the busier threads way things are going.
Bekker, Orr, DeRo all trained today, seems like they'll be perfectly fine by the weekend. Rey still feeling his hamstring a bit. Bradley and Defoe both rested.
Never noticed this thread until now, great idea!
Could we use it to include updates on suspensions and yellow card accumulation?
Here is your April 18th update for TFC:
Out
F Jermain Defoe (L hamstring strain)
D Doneil Henry (L knee strain)
D Ashtone Morgan (L hip flexor strain)
F Bright Dike (L Achilles)
M Jeremy Hall (L calf strain)
M/F Dwayne De Rosario (R hamstring strain)
M Alvaro Rey (R hamstring strain)
Last update: April 18Questionable
M Jonathan Osorio (R hamstring strain)
M Michael Bradley (L quadriceps strain)
and the league:
http://www.mlssoccer.com/injuries
^^^*sigh*...
even if Oso and Bradley dress, they don't have 6 outfield players for the bench
At least Hall is out. :P
You have to believe since we have a bye week this week, 14 more days off (minus practice) until New England game on May 3rd we should hopefully have more players back by then. Next two games afterwords are cup games (2nd priority in my opinion, tho i know this thought isn't completely shared here) should have a good healthy team after that. World cup players leave around may 18th tho...so depth will be questioned (hopefully Defoe will not go to Brazil aha). In theory it should set up us nicely for July where we play 7 games, 21 points available. Will need a full healthy team by then (hopefully we can add depth when the transfer market opens if we have the cap room)
USMNT WORLD CUP camp starts May 14 so Bradley is gone then. Assume Brazil and England are the same.
The supposition in most circles is the MLS players are released after the 17th.
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