Gotham FC and United States women’s national team winger Midge Purce is in line to return from a year-long injury absence in Sunday’s NWSL clash with the North Carolina Courage.
Purce, 29, missed the majority of the 2024 NWSL season and the USWNT’s gold-medal winning Olympic campaign after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament against the Portland Thorns on March 24 of last year.
But Gotham coach Juan Carlos Amorós revealed Friday that she will be able to return in some capacity this weekend.
“Very happy that after 13 months Midge is going to be available for selection, if nothing happens between now and the game,” he told a news conference. “It’s first credit to herself, to everyone that she’s been working with here — the whole medical team and all the coaches — and especially to herself and her teammates, they’ve been outstanding.
“It’s been a very long road since that injury happened last year in Portland. She’s worked extremely hard to get to this point. Obviously it’s the first game in a very long time so she probably wont play an amazing amount of minutes. But the fact that she’s back in — for herself first and foremost, but for everyone — it’s exciting news.
.@100purcent is back, and she’s not here for small talk….
