Holden injury blow for U.S.

It turns out that Nigel de Jong's rather unfriendly tackle on Stuart Holden yesterday left the promising young talent with a broken fibula. The injury will keep him out of action for up to six weeks.

And while the blow may not be severe for the U.S. men's team, for Holden it's a worsened by the fact he'd been improving for his new club Bolton and had recently forced his way into the first team.

Read the full article at Covering the Pitch.

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