Mallory Swanson, star forward for the USWNT and Chicago Red Stars, went down twice in the first half of a friendly against Ireland and ultimately had to leave the game with an apparent knee injury.
leads Ireland 1-0 at halftime, but this game has totally been taken over by concern for Mallory Swanson.Swanson has been electric over the past year. A fixture on the women’s soccer scene since debuting for the women’s national team at 17, she enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign with seven goals and seven assists. The 24-year-old continued to produce at a blistering pace in 2023, netting six goals just in the past three months.
She similarly dominated the NWSL, scoring 11 goals and six assists -- top-five in each category -- for the Red Stars. The injury to Swanson comes less than four months before the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. is set to kick off group play against Vietnam on July 21. Meanwhile, the Red Stars season is already several weeks underway. They lost their first two games and have one goal from Swanson so far.
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