The United States are facing the prospect of being without arguably their best player at the 2010 World Cup after Clint Dempsey suffered an injury while playing for Fulham this afternoon.
The attacker limped off during Fulham's 2-0 defeat at Blackburn at Ewood Park today and faces a scan tomorrow that will show the extent of the injury and his chances of being on the plane to South Africa for the World Cup tournament.
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson explained: "Clint will be scanned on Monday but we feel it might be a posterior cruciate knee ligament which would be very bad for us and he would be out for a while.
"It's a concern up front because Clint Dempsey is very useful for us but now with both he and Bobby out it makes us a bit weaker in that area than we'd like to be."
United States kick off their tournament on June 12th against England in Group C, which also includes Slovenia and Algeria.
Another Fulham player, John Pantsil of Ghana, is also a World Cup doubt following an injury he suffered last month.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
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