FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — American defender Omar Gonzalez tore a knee ligament during his first practice with Nuremberg Germany’s Bundesliga and is returning to Los Angeles.
Nuremberg says Gonzalez tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a tackle in the club’s training camp in Antalya, on the Turkish coast. He collided with American defender Timmy Chandler.
Gonzalez had just joined Nuremberg’s camp on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy and was hoping to play in the Bundesliga during the Major League Soccer offseason.
He is expected to have an operation next week and will miss much if not all of the MLS season.
