Knee injury knocks Canada’s Janine Beckie out of World Cup

By The Canadian Press on March 17, 2023.

PORTLAND – Canadian soccer star Janine Beckie is out of this summer’s World Cup after tearing the right anterior cruciate in her right knee.

The 28-year-old winger will have surgery in the coming weeks to repair the season-ending injury, her NWSL team Portland Thorns said Friday in a statement.

Beckie sustained the injury Wednesday in the Thorns’ pre-season 4-1 win over the U.S. women’s under-23 team.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 17, 2023.

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