Kevin Goldthwaite Suffers Season Ending Knee Injury

by Geoff Gibson on Jul 19, 2011 9:37 AM PDT

I meant to write this one up yesterday but I was honestly just far too busy. Not to sound like a stereotype or anything, but... Mondays...

Anyway, for those who were watching last Saturday's game against the Chicago Fire you'll probably remember Kevin Goldthwaite going down with an injury in the early part of the game. It was enough of an injury that he had to be carried off the field and subbed out immediately. Never a good sign.

Yesterday the club released the details on his injury and, well, they're not good.

The Portland Timbers announced today that defender Kevin Goldthwaite sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in addition to a medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury to his left knee during Saturday’s 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire. Goldthwaite was examined by Timbers physician Dr. Richard H. Edelson and underwent an MRI at Sports Medicine Oregon on Monday; Goldthwaite will miss the remainder of the 2011 season.

Goldthwaite, 28, will undergo surgery to repair his knee after swelling from the injury suffered early in the first half of Saturday’s game subsides. Goldthwaite is expected to be out 5-7 months while recovering.

Unfortunate but such is the risks when playing soccer. Here's to a speedy recovery for Goldthwaite.

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Man, be careful what I wish for

If we didn’t think we needed a defender badly before…

by vitaminx on Jul 19, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions

It has gone from urgent to emergency

by yepyou'reright on Jul 19, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Gutted

No matter what you think of Goldie’s play this year, injuries like this are always a sucker punch.

by yepyou'reright on Jul 19, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah

Hope he can recover like Dike. Career threatening injuries are never the kind of thing you want to see.

Say what you want about America, thirteen bucks still gets you a hell of a lot of mice!

by No Pity on Jul 20, 2011 4:54 AM PDT up reply actions

No one wishes this on anyone...

Looking at the team now, this doesn’t hurt us at all quality wise, just depth wise. We really do need to get another solid defender. Any chance we can find a solid defender that can play both center back and outside back? that woudl be great for us. We could have brunner, futty, and the new guy play at the same time, and if any of the center backs miss time he could step in there.

by Kazper on Jul 19, 2011 10:27 AM PDT reply actions