Kansas City Current forward and 2024 NWSL Golden Boot winner Temwa Chawinga will be available for Sunday’s high-profile semifinal against the Orlando Pride, but Current head coach Vlatko Andonovski said he is unsure how much she will play.
“She was able to get through the whole training today,” Andonovski told reporters Friday. “Obviously, all the measurements are now to see how everything goes. So, yes, she will be available. It’s only a question of, ‘How long?'”
Chawinga missed Kansas City’s regular-season finale on Nov. 3 with a knee injury and was questionable leading up to the team’s Nov. 10 quarterfinal against the North Carolina Courage. She started and played the full 90 minutes while scoring the lone goal of the match to help Kansas City advance to the semifinals.
After the match, Andonovski said opponents have been “targeting” Chawinga. The forward, who broke the NWSL’s single-season record by scoring 20 goals this year, was subject to a late foul and taunting from Courage forward Bianca St-Georges which led Kansas City defender Ellie Wheeler to shove St-Georges in the back.
Next up for No. 4 seed Kansas City is a trip to No. 1 seed Orlando on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC). On the line is a berth in the final, which is being hosted at CPKC Stadium in…
