SOCHAUX, France (AP) — Fourteen months after sustaining nearly fatal injuries in a car accident, Sochaux forward Charlie Davies is hoping for a return to action in the French league this weekend.
The 24-year-old American, who missed this year’s World Cup after failing to recover from his injuries, says he is now at “90 percent” and ready to play against Bordeaux on Saturday.
Davies was a passenger in a car accident Oct. 13, 2009, in which another passenger died. He was left with two broken bones in his right leg, a broken and dislocated left elbow, a broken nose, forehead and eye socket, a ruptured bladder and bleeding on the brain.
Davies played in several exhibition games for Sochaux in July and has since taken part in several matches with Sochaux’s reserve team. His last competitive match was the United States’ World Cup qualifier at Honduras on Oct. 10 last year.
