Tyler Adams has suffered an injury setback with RB Leipzig.
Adams missed Leipzig’s 2-1 DFB Pokal quarterfinals victory on Tuesday over Augsburg due to an abductor injury. It was Adams’ first injury with the club since joining from MLS.
📋 @eforsberg10 has also been out with the team today, while @tyler_adams14 trained individually.
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— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) April 3, 2019
Leizpig reported on Wednesday that Adams is training individually as he continues his recovery process.
The 20-year-old has made a major impact in Germany, helping Leipzig to a current 10-match unbeaten run since jumping into the starting lineup. He has registered two assists, both in league play.
Leipzig returns to league play this weekend against Bayer Leverkusen, remaining nine points behind second-place Bayern Munich.
I was thinking about this the other day. Managers will play young guys a lot of minutes, figuring they have more stamina and a quicker recovery time. Not an unreasonable assumption. However, in Adams case he went from MLS to Leipzig training without much of a break and has played a whole lot of minutes since. So, it’s not a surprise that Adams has an injury. It’s not so much how old you are, but how many minutes you play. Dempsey is a good example. Because he didn’t start playing professionally until he was 21 or so, he only started to break down in his last few years.
My guesstimate is 2-3 hours longer per leg for a Germany trip as opposed to England. They made light of Chandler’s airplane issues but I do wonder whether we should be managing the spring friendly minutes on Germany based players. Last year Pulisic was a tired joke in May. This year he pulled a muscle. McKennie is dumb luck landing funny on a contested header, but the remainder do suggest perhaps putting too much wear and tear on players. We should give them some rest and we also do not need to call every A team cog every time so we can evaluate secondary options and prospects. Having Landon play every chance we could should not be the template, as he burned out.