{"id":6605,"date":"2026-05-12T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usas-johnny-cardoso-expected-to-miss-world-cup-through-ankle-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:39:37","slug":"usas-johnny-cardoso-expected-to-miss-world-cup-through-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usas-johnny-cardoso-expected-to-miss-world-cup-through-ankle-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"USA\u2019s Johnny Cardoso expected to miss World Cup through ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Atletico Madrid midfielder Cardoso is the latest name in the growing list of injured players for tournament cohosts USA.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Atletico Madrid\u2019s \u200cmidfielder Johnny Cardoso will \u2060undergo surgery \u2060on his right ankle, the La Liga club has confirmed, dealing a significant blow \u2060to his hopes of playing at next month\u2019s World Cup for the United States (USA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCardoso sustained the injury during training \u2060last Thursday, resulting in a severe sprain that has affected the joint,\u201d Atletico said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest setback for Cardoso, whose debut season \u200cat Atletico has been hampered by injuries. The 24-year-old also saw limited action during the March international window, playing only 45 minutes in a friendly against Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>USA coach Mauricio Pochettino is expected to name his 26-man World \u2060Cup squad later this month, with \u2060the cohosts already facing injury concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Christian Pulisic recently missed matches for AC Milan with a muscular problem, while Olympique \u2060de Marseille winger Tim Weah and Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Tanner Tessmann \u2060have also been sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>The USA, \u2060who cohost the tournament alongside Mexico and Canada, will play Senegal on May 31 and Germany on June 6 in warm-up \u200cmatches before opening their Group D campaign against Paraguay in California, on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>They will \u200calso \u200cface Australia and Turkiye at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4507132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4507132\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/INTERACTIVE-Football-FIFA-Teams-that-have-qualified-for-the-World-Cup-2026-1776671102.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-Football FIFA Teams that have qualified for the World Cup 2026-1776671102\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4507132\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid midfielder Cardoso is the latest name in the growing list of injured players for tournament cohosts USA. Atletico Madrid\u2019s \u200cmidfielder Johnny Cardoso will \u2060undergo surgery \u2060on his right ankle, the La Liga club has confirmed, dealing a significant blow \u2060to his hopes of playing at next month\u2019s World Cup for the United States &#8230; <a title=\"USA\u2019s Johnny Cardoso expected to miss World Cup through ankle injury\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usas-johnny-cardoso-expected-to-miss-world-cup-through-ankle-injury\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about USA\u2019s Johnny Cardoso expected to miss World Cup through ankle injury\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}