LA Galaxy forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández wentthrough reconstructive surgicaltreatment on the ACL in his right knee Friday and will missouton the rest of the year after being positioned on the season-ending injury list.
Hernández, who turned 35 last week, is in his 4th season with the Galaxy. His agreement ends at the end of the season.
He has 2 objectives in 12 looks this season after missingouton the veryfirst month of play with a hamstring injury.
Hernández tore his ACL on a noncontact play throughout the veryfirst half of the Galaxy’s loss to Real Salt Lake in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on June 7.
Hernández started his profession with Chivas in his native Guadalajara priorto playing for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham and Sevilla. He endedupbeing the highest-paid gamer in Major League Soccer when he signedupwith the Galaxy in 2020 and has 35 objectives over the past 2 seasons.
The Galaxy likewise revealed that protector Martín Cáceres will missouton 3 to 5 months due to an avulsion fracture in his left knee. He suffered the injury throughout Wednesday’s 2-2 draw versus Sporting Kansas City and will gothrough surgicaltreatment next week. Cáceres has 2 objectives in 18 begins throughout all competitors this season.
The Galaxy sit next-to-last out of 29 groups in MLS at 3-9-5 while scoring simply 16 objectives in 17 matches.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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