U.S. girls’s nationwide soccer staff star Savannah DeMelo collapsed Sunday evening throughout an NWSL recreation.
DeMelo, 27, was steady and alert after she was taken to a hospital, in response to her membership, Racing Louisville. She collapsed throughout a recreation in opposition to OL Reign at Lumen Area in Seattle, and the match was referred to as off after the incident.
“Our hearts are with Savannah DeMelo and her family following last night’s game,” the league’s gamers affiliation mentioned in a press release. “Her health and well-being remain our top priority, and we are relieved she is receiving the medical attention she needs. Postponing the match was the right decision.”
DeMelo sat down on the sector within the match’s forty seventh minute, simply earlier than halftime, after which fell backward to the grass. Trainers from each groups rushed onto the sector, and the published reduce away from the scary scene.
United States midfielder Savannah DeMelo (22) controls the ball below strain from Colombia midfielder Marcela Restrepo (8) in the course of the first half of a global pleasant soccer match Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photograph/Alex Gallardo)
Beforehand, DeMelo spoke about her battles with Graves’ illness and hyperthyroidism. Throughout a match in March, she reported dizziness and chest tightness and was stretchered off the sector.
“Playing a 90-minute game felt unbearable,” she advised ESPN in Could. “I would get to maybe the 25th minute, and I felt like my heart was just beating so fast, like out of my chest. I felt so out of breath, so out of shape. I didn’t really know what was going on.”
DeMelo was the second NWSL participant to break down throughout a match this season. In Could, Angel Metropolis defender Savy King collapsed on the sector and was taken away in an ambulance. She finally wanted coronary heart surgical procedure.
