Haji Wright will play no additional half within the U.S. males’s nationwide staff’s CONCACAF Gold Cup involvement.
Wright has left USMNT camp and headed again to his membership Coventry Metropolis for therapy and rehabilitation, U.S. Soccer introduced Saturday. The ahead has been sidelined with an Achilles situation, which has pressured him out of motion.
The 27-year-old didn’t characteristic within the USMNT’s 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday as a result of damage. Wright got here off the bench and scored as soon as in a 5-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago final Sunday.
In whole, Wright performed 42 minutes in two appearances through the June window.
“All the time unhappy to see a participant go away, as a result of the group was superb, and he’s an excellent man, and provides superb high quality to the group, [a] totally different choice,” USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino advised reporters on Saturday.
“He’s a participant that may play in several positions within the assault,” Pochettino added. “Sure, unhappy state of affairs, unhappy for him, unhappy for the staff, however I believe we have to prioritize his course of to restoration.”
Wright entered camp contemporary off a 12-goal haul for Coventry Metropolis within the EFL Championship. The California native has scored 31 objectives for the Sky Blues in two seasons and total has eclipsed 10 objectives or extra in every of his final 5 seasons at membership degree.
The USMNT will now depend on Patrick Agyemang, Damion Downs and Brian White to guide the road for the rest of the match.
Pochettino’s squad faces Haiti of their group stage finale on Sunday earlier than taking over both Mexico or Costa Rica within the quarterfinal spherical.