Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei took an unintended knee to the top with seconds remaining in stoppage time and was taken off the sphere in an ambulance throughout his workforce’s 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew on Sunday.
Frei jumped ahead to make a play on a free kick, and as he got here down, his head collided with the knee of a Crew participant. Frei dropped to the turf at Lumen Area and teammates signaled to the sideline for assist.
Frei said in a social media post Sunday night time that he was dwelling resting and “extremely grateful to all of the workers that taken care of me.”
“What resonates is all of the messages, calls, and love I’ve obtained from so lots of you,” he wrote. “Thanks — really…. It means greater than I can put into phrases. I really feel the help, and I am grateful for each single certainly one of you.”
Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer and the Crew’s Wilfried Nancy agreed to name the sport with Columbus due for a nook kick.
As Frei was stretchered to the ready ambulance, Seattle followers chanted his first identify.
An emotional Schmetzer thanked Crew coach Nancy after the match for being adamant about stopping the match, saying: “Everyone knew the match ought to have been stopped. So thanks Wilfried.”
Frei, 39, has performed for the Sounders since 2014. He helped Seattle win the MLS Cup in 2016 and 2019, and he was named MLS Cup MVP in 2016. He was an All-Star in 2017.
Born in Switzerland, Frei’s household moved to america when he was a youngster and he was a standout on the College of California.
Paul Rothrock scored a aim for Seattle within the forty third minute because the Sounders, whereas Diego Rossi scored for the Crew.
Frei, who’s retiring on the finish of the season, had three saves for Seattle (8-6-6).
Columbus (10-3-8), which had gained three in a row, are unbeaten in 4 straight.
Rothrock put away a one-touch shot, off a feed from Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, from the left-center of the realm to make it 1-1.
Rossi gave Columbus a 1-0 lead within the twenty seventh minute. Ibrahim Aliyu, on the counter-attack, slipped a perfectly-placed cross between three defenders to a charging Rossi for a first-touch end from point-blank vary.
The Sounders are 8-4-6 all time in opposition to Columbus, which features a 4-0 highway win in the one assembly between the golf equipment final season.
Kossa-Rienzi was proven yellow playing cards within the 87th minute and the second minute of stoppage and the Sounders performed the ultimate couple of minutes a person down.
Evan Bush stopped one shot for Columbus.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.