{"id":246733,"date":"2026-04-07T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246733"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:24:00","slug":"patrick-agyemang-ruled-out-of-world-cup-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/07\/patrick-agyemang-ruled-out-of-world-cup-due-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Agyemang ruled out of World Cup due to injury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USA striker <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Patrick Agyemang <\/strong><\/span>will miss the upcoming FIFA World Cup after suffering an \u2060\u2060Achilles tendon \u2060\u2060injury, his English \u2060\u2060club Derby County has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe club will \u200c\u200cprovide Patrick with the highest level of medical care and rehabilitation throughout his recovery,\u201d the club said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agyemang\u2019s home World Cup hopes were thrown into doubt after he was carried off on a stretcher while playing for Derby in the English second-tier football league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 25-year-old landed awkwardly while bringing the ball down on his chest and collapsed to the grass during the English Championship match on Monday. He was visibly emotional as he was taken away, his right leg strapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a result of this injury, Patrick will unfortunately miss this summer\u2019s FIFA \u2060\u2060World Cup. At this stage,\u2060 \u2060it would be wrong to put a timeline on his recovery,\u201d Derby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agyemang has helped Derby rise into contention for promotion from the Championship thanks to a team-leading 10 goals since arriving last summer from Charlotte in Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the recent international break, he came off the bench for USA and scored in a loss against Belgium and got minutes against Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those were his first appearances for \u2060\u2060the national team since \u2060\u2060starting in the semifinal and final of the 2025 Gold Cup in July. Overall, he \u2060\u2060has recorded six goals in 14 caps for the national side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USA coach <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mauricio Pochettino <\/strong><\/span>must name his World Cup squad by June 1. \u200c\u200cThe United States is cohosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico. The home side will face Paraguay, Australia and \u200c\u200cTurkiye \u200c\u200cin Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: aljazeera<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA striker Patrick Agyemang will miss the upcoming FIFA World Cup after suffering an \u2060\u2060Achilles tendon \u2060\u2060injury, his English \u2060\u2060club&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,155,156],"class_list":["post-246733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-mauricio-pochettino","tag-patrick-agyemang","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}