U.S. women’s national team great Tobin Heath said she is not ruling out a return to the field almost two years after she last played a competitive game.
Heath, 36, has a cartilage issue that has required two surgeries since her last appearance with the Seattle Reign in 2022. The last of her 181 outings with the USWNT came in October 2021.
“I haven’t been public about it, but I can say that I have been actively healing and trying to get back to the football pitch,” she told The Associated Press. “I haven’t ruled it out, to say the least. But I am definitely in my own recovery journey.”
Heath, widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of her generation, scored 36 goals and added 41 assists for the USWNT after making her debut in 2008. She was a part of the World Cup-winning rosters in 2015 and 2019, scoring in the 2015 final win over Japan. Heath also helped the U.S. win Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012.
In her time away from the field, Heath launched a podcast series with former USWNT teammate and fellow long-term injury victim Christen Press.
Press hasn’t played since tearing her ACL with Angel City in 2022 and subsequently undergoing four surgeries.
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