Canada's World Cup hopes took a body blow Friday with news that Janine Beckie has been sidelined by a torn anterior cruciate in her right knee. Beckie was taken off on a stretcher in the 19th minute of the Portland Thorns' 4-1 home pre-season win Wednesday over the U.S. women's under-23 team.
Canada's World Cup hopes took a body blow Friday with news that Janine Beckie has been sidelined by a torn anterior cruciate in her right knee.
The 28-year-old winger will have surgery in the coming weeks to repair the season-ending injury, the Thorns said in a statement.Olympic champion Canada, ranked sixth in the world, is slated to kick off its World Cup campaign July 20 against Nigeria in Australia. Beckie, after scoring twice, did appear in goal for Canada's 5-2 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games when 'keeper Stephanie Labbe was sent off.
Beckie, who earned her 101st cap in a 3-0 loss to Japan in Frisco, Texas, in the SheBelieves Cup finale, has 36 goals and 17 assists since making her senior debut in November 2014 at the age of 20.
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