US World Cup hopes take hit after star player ruptures Achilles

The United States Men's National Team has a decent accidental to spell arsenic acold arsenic its ever gone successful the World Cup, but they'll person to bash it without 1 of their champion young stars.

Striker Patrick Agyemang, who has six goals successful 14 appearances for the USMNT, ruptured his Achilles connected Monday and has been ruled retired for the tournament.

Agyemang was carried disconnected connected a stretcher portion playing for Derby successful the English second-tier, 1 tier beneath the Premier League. He was visibly affectional arsenic helium was taken disconnected with his close limb strapped.

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Derby County's Patrick Agyemang holds his caput successful his hands aft sustaining an wounded during the Sky Bet Championship lucifer astatine Pride Park successful Derby connected April 6, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA Images)

The 25-year-old archetypal represented the Stars and Stripes past twelvemonth for grooming campy and friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica, scoring successful some contests. He made the CONCACAF Gold Cup squad past summer, wherever the United States mislaid to Mexico successful the final.

Agyemang precocious suited up for the United States past week against Belgium and Portugal, scoring against the erstwhile connected March 28.

Team USA, 1 of 3 big countries, drew a favorable radical backmost successful December, arsenic Paraguay, Australia and either 1 of the 4 teams successful UEFA Path C, which includes Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo and Romania, basal successful its mode up of the knockout stage. The U.S. is the highest-ranked squad of the group.

Patrick Agyemang of Derby County goes down during the Sky Bet Championship lucifer against Stoke City astatine Pride Park Stadium successful Derby, United Kingdom, connected April 6, 2026. (Maynard Manyowa/News Images/NurPhoto)

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The USMNT has not had overmuch occurrence successful the World Cup. The squad reached the Round of 16 successful 2010 and 2014 but failed to suffice for the tourney successful 2018. It returned to the Round of 16 4 years agone but couldn’t beforehand retired of the Copa América radical signifier connected location ungraded past year.

After finishing successful 3rd spot successful the inaugural World Cup successful 1930, the furthest they person made it since past is the 2002 quarterfinals.

Eleven of the 16 big stadiums are successful the United States, including the last astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey connected July 19.

Patrick Agyemang of Derby County is stretchered disconnected aft sustaining an wounded during the Sky Bet Championship lucifer against Stoke City astatine Pride Park Stadium successful Derby, United Kingdom, connected April 6, 2026. (Maynard Manyowa/News Images/NurPhoto)

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The U.S. volition unfastened the tourney June 12 in Los Angeles against Paraguay connected FOX.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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