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By ADAM TROXTELL
The Philadelphia Union have revealed the extent of the injury C.J. Sapong picked up in the season opener.
The club announced on Wednesday that Sapong suffered a concussion and a fractured cheekbone during the first half of the Union’s game against Colorado Rapids on Saturday. The forward is now due to see a specialist, where the length of his anticipated time on the sidelines will be determined.
The injury occurred late in the first half, with Christian Maidana coming on to replace Sapong after halftime.
The 26-year-old forward was acquired by the Union from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for the 10th pick in the 2015 MLS Draft.
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Hope he can recover soon and realize his potential with the union.
FFS Joe, as the guy posted above, Sjoberg is 6’7 what is he supposed to do, give up free headers, let the guys run free in on goal, Sapong Jumped into Sjoberg
@MMV. Sure. Inadvertently. All 40 or 50 times. Yeah the Kung Foo kick to the back was icing on the Pablo cake. He was a marginally talented thug. Why should his team play any differently?
Nando got it almost as bad
One of the many vicious elbows thrown by those thugs. That crap needs to be hacked out of the league.
An inadvertent elbow. Absolutely no intent whatsoever. Sjoberg is all of 6’7″ and his arms were raised in a normal fashion when challenging for a ball. He not leading with arms/elbow. It was an unfortunate incident. Northing more; nothing less. It happens. I do feel for Sapong, though. I am a Rapids fan and I’ll be to admit we played far too rough and tumble. I did not like it. The incident you should be focusing on is James Riley’s karate kick into the back of a Philly player late in the 2nd half. That’s thuggish. The incident with Sapong was purely incidental.