He's not the most important player on the U.S. team (Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey all say hello) but the news out of South Africa is not good about striker Jozy Altidore.
Apparently, he sprained his ankle yesterday in training and he's day to day. That doesn't sound too bad but the fact that the World Cup hasn't begun and they're far away, means that gamesmanship is always a possibility.
For my mental health and the sake of this blog, I'm not going to freak out about this hopefully minor setback since U.S Soccer Federation spokesman Neil Buethe said "it's nothing more than that," Buethe said Thursday. "He'll undergo a fitness test tomorrow to determine whether he can play Saturday."
The U.S. plays Australia on Saturday in Roodepoort, South Africa, the final exhibition for both teams ahead of the World Cup.
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