Premier League Boss Calls Out Usmnt Injury Treatment In Growing Trend

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Crystal Palace head Oliver Glasner has expressed his disappointment astatine Chris Richards playing each infinitesimal for nan USMNT against Ecuador and Australia successful nan October world window.

The Eagles boss, who oversaw a 2–0 triumph against Brentford successful nan Premier League connected Saturday, has seen Richards go a cardinal subordinate successful his backline, starring alongside Marc Guéhi—a subordinate drafting admiring glances from nan likes of Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

But Richards has been dealing pinch a knock, playing done nan issue, and nan USMNT are not playing competitory internationals arsenic they are 1 of nan 3 big nations for nan 2026 FIFA World Cup.

“My only title is nan U.S. squad didn’t talk to america because Chris was struggling pinch his calf for galore weeks,” Glasner told reporters. “We talked to them and said he should remainder arsenic they were conscionable friendlies. But they played him twice, each azygous minute. That’s a small spot disappointing. On nan different side, we’ve tried to negociate his minutes here.

“Chris’s assemblage told him he needs much rest...He says he’s fine, nan aesculapian section says he’s fine.”

While Richards played nan games during 1 of nan earlier world breaks successful nan European calendar, his participation—and that of different European-based players representing North American countries—has travel nether dense criticism.

Unlike galore countries, nan U.S., Canada and Mexico, 3 big nations of nan 2026 FIFA World Cup, will not person had immoderate competitory games betwixt nan extremity of nan 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup successful July 2025 and their respective World Cup openers successful June 2026.

With nary World Cup qualifying, nan teams person had to trust connected friendlies, overmuch to nan displeasure of immoderate of Europe’s biggest clubs, and Richards plays a cardinal domiciled for nine and country.

Alphonso Davies' committedness to playing for Canada has travel nether occurrence by FC Bayern Munich. / Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images

Richards is not nan first subordinate to look specified issues successful 2025. In March, Bayern Munich threatened to return ineligible action against Canada Soccer complete what it called “gross negligence” successful playing near backmost Alphonso Davies successful nan Concacaf Nations League third-place lucifer against nan USMNT, wherever he suffered a torn ACL.

Although Bayern did not return ineligible action, they were not pleased pinch Davies’ participation, alleging that Canada caput coach Jesse Marsch and nan federation should not person played him, moreover though he was available.

“He is nan captain, a young man who wanted to thief his team, but it was borderline,” said Bayern’s sporting head Christoph Freund. “The 2nd rumor is nan wounded aft 12 minutes. Then Phonzy flies backmost connected a 12-hour flight, and we each presume it is not a superior injury, but past we person this.

“That is sloppy. It is not professional, and we request to talk and clear it up. We are nan employers, we salary nan players, truthful we will beryllium looking into what happened.”

Davies has not played since nan injury, but is expected to return earlier nan extremity of 2025 and beryllium recovered for Canada’s pre-World Cup friendlies arsenic good arsenic nan tourney itself.

Could Christian Pulisic Face a Similar Judgment?

Christian Pulisic could miss nan November USMNT friendlies astatine nan petition of AC Milan. / Scott Coleman-Imagn Images

Richards’ USMNT teammate, Christian Pulisic, could miss nan November world model owed to AC Milan’s petition that he stay pinch nan club to rehabilitate nan hamstring strain suffered successful October against Australia.

The 26-year-old came disconnected nan chair successful nan USMNT’s triumph complete nan Australians, but near nan crippled aft a crunching situation and has missed each of Milan’s games since, incapable to build connected his 4 goals and 2 assists truthful acold successful Serie A.

The USMNT return to nan transportation pinch 2 last friendlies successful 2025, taking connected Paraguay connected Nov. 15 and Uruguay connected Nov. 18, earlier looking up to nan March world window—the last break from nine action up of nan World Cup.