New on Sports Illustrated: Ertz, Heath Injury Statuses Hang Over USWNT as Olympics Approach
Both players will miss next month's Summer Series trio of friendlies in Texas, but the ultimate goal is being fit for Tokyo. For months, the biggest problem facing the U.S. women's national team ahead of the Olympics was the kind any manager around the world would welcome. With so much talent, how do you only pick 18 players? And while that's still the case in many ways for Vlatko Andonovski, he and the U.S. are faced with another pressing issue now, one that's less of an enviable proposition. What if the team's most indispensable player isn't healthy? Julie Ertz's injury status is now item No. 1 on the docket as the days tick down to this summer's Olympics in Tokyo. Ertz suffered a right MCL sprain in the Chicago Red Stars' NWSL season-opening loss to the Portland Thorns, an injury that, all things considered, was not a worst-case scenario—at least for the national team. Ertz looks unlikely to play again for her club until after the Olympics,...
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