Knee injuries plague Women's World Cup teams
At least a dozen players from some of the top national teams have suffered from ACL injuries in the last two years. The timing of these injuries means that this year's World Cup will be missing a number of stars who didn't recover in time to make their national rosters, underscoring how devastating these injuries are to the women's sport. Here are just some of the affected players.
Date injured
Ruled out
7/20/2023
3/15/2023
Beckie
Carpenter
Gwinn
Katoto
Macario
Mead
Miedema
Press
Putellas
Simon
Williamson
Ziu
Cascarino
Returned 2/3/2023
5/21/2022
9/19/2022
7/14/2022
6/1/2022
11/20/2022
12/15/2022
6/11/2022
7/5/2022
Returned 4/30/2023
10/2/2022
Returned 7/3/2023
4/19/2023
10/2/2022
5/21/2023
Date injured
Ruled out
7/20/2023
3/15/2023
Beckie
Carpenter
Gwinn
Katoto
Macario
Mead
Miedema
Press
Putellas
Simon
Williamson
Ziu
Cascarino
Returned 2/3/2023
5/21/2022
9/19/2022
7/14/2022
6/1/2022
11/20/2022
12/15/2022
6/11/2022
7/5/2022
Returned 4/30/2023
10/2/2022
Returned 7/3/2023
4/19/2023
10/2/2022
5/21/2023
Date injured
Ruled out
7/20/2023
3/15/2023
Janine Beckie
Ellie Carpenter
Giulia Gwinn
Marie-Antoinette Katoto
Catarina Macario
Beth Mead
Vivianne Miedema
Christen Press
Alexia Putellas
Kyah Simon
Leah Williamson
Jessica Ziu
Delphine Cascarino
Returned 2/3/2023
5/21/2022
9/19/2022
7/14/2022
6/1/2022
11/20/2022
12/15/2022
6/11/2022
7/5/2022
Returned 4/30/2023
10/2/2022
Returned 7/3/2023
4/19/2023
10/2/2022
5/21/2023
