Canadian Portland Thorns star Becky has missed the Women’s Globe Cup

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Janine Beckie played for Canada throughout the current SheBelieves Cup amid a dispute with Canada Soccer. James Williamson – AMA/Getty Pictures

Portland Thorns and Canada women’s forward Janine Becky will miss the upcoming NVSL season and the 2023 Women’s Globe Cup just after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her ideal knee, her club announced Friday.

Beckie suffered the injury Wednesday throughout the Thorns’ preseason friendly against the U.S. U-23 Women’s Youth National Group. The 28-year-old will undergo surgery in the coming weeks, the Thorns stated.

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“Heartbroken is an understatement,” Becky stated in a statement on social media. “However, the medical doctors confirmed yesterday that I tore the ACL throughout the game on Wednesday evening.

“Operating difficult in the off-season for what ought to have been one particular of the largest seasons of my profession, defending the title with the Portland Thorns and of course playing in the Globe Cup for Canada, becoming out for extended periods of time is a hard pill to swallow.”

“I will help my group-mates for each club and nation this season and it goes without having saying that I will come back far better and stronger than ever.”

The former Manchester City player was component of Group Canada that won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021 and scored 36 ambitions in 101 international games.

Beckie also spearheaded the team’s current protest more than spend equity and price range cuts just before it was announced earlier this month that the players had reached a short-term funding agreement with Canada Soccer.

She was set to be a essential player at this summer’s Globe Cup, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.

The Thorns will commence their defense of the NVSL championship they won final year at household to the Orlando Pride on March 26.