Nashville SC head coach BJ Callaghan said defender Walker Zimmerman was in a stable and responsive condition in hospital after being carted off the field in a neck brace following a bicycle kick to the face.
The United States international was continuing to be evaluated at a local hospital following the injury suffered during Saturday’s MLS game at Charlotte FC.
In an attempt to get the ball out of the box, Zimmerman dove head first and collided with Kerwin Vargas’ bicycle kick. The medical staff rushed to the scene, attending Zimmerman before laying him down on the cart with a neck brace to be transported off the pitch.
“First of all, we just want to make sure Walker is alright,” said Charlotte FC player Ashley Westwood. “It wasn’t nice to see, hopefully he’s doing alright.
“We send our best wishes as a team to him and his family. It’s not nice to see, Kerwin is just devastated. He was shaking on the pitch. Hopefully, he’s alright. Nothing else matters.”
Nashville fell 2-1 to t Charlotte FC at Bank of America Stadium as goals from Wilfried Zaha and Idan Toklomati secured the three points for the home team.
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