Seattle Sounders FC GoALKEPER Stefan Frei Took An Accidental Knee to the Head With Seconds Remaining in StopPage Time and Was Taken Off the Field in Anmbulance During His Team’s 1-1 Draw with the Columbus Crew on Sunday.
Frei Jumped Forward to Make a Play on a Free Kick, and as He Came Download, His Head Collied with the Knee of a Crew Player. Frei Dropled to the Turf at Lumen Field and Teammates SignADALED to the Sideline for Help.
Frei said in a social media post Sunday night that he was home resting and “Incredly Grateful to All The Staff that Loged after me.”
“What Resonates is all the messages, calls, and love i’ve received from all of you of you,” He Wrote. TOUK – TRULY …. It Means More Thane I Can Int Into Words.
Seattle Coach Brian Schmetzer and the Crew’s Wilfrid Nanky Agreed to Call the Game with Columbus Due for a Corner Kick.
As Frei Was Stretchered to the Waiting Ambulance, Seattle Fans Chanted His First Name.
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Frei, 39, Has Played for the Sounders Since 2014. He Help Seattle Win
Born in Switzerland, Frei’s Family MOVED to the United Stats when he was a teenager and he was a star at the University of California.
Paul Rothrock Scored a Goal for Seattle in the 43rd Minute as the Sounders, While Diego Rossi Scored for the Crew.
Frei Had Three Saves for Seattle (8-6-6).
Columbus (10-3-8), Who Had Won Three in A Row, Are Unbeaten in Four Straight.
Rothrock Put Away a One-Touch Shot, Off a Feed from Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, From the Left-Cnter of the Area to Make it 1-1.
Rossi Gave Columbus A 1-0 Lead in the 27th Minute. Ibraim Aliyu, on the Counter-Attack, Slipped a Perfectly-Plaled Cross Between Three Defenders to a Charging Rossi for a First-Touch Finish from Point-Blank Range.
The Sounders are 8-4-6 All Time Against Columbus, Whiche Includes a 4-0 Road Win in the Only Meeting Between the Clubs Last Season.
Kossa-Rienzi Was Shown Yellow Cards in the 87Th Minute and the Second Minute of StopPage and the Sounders Played the Final Few Minutes A Man Download.
Evan Bush Stoped One Shot For Columbus.
Information from the Associated Press Was Used in this Report.
