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Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports
Up front, I want to be clear that although I am a practicing physician in a Seattle hospital I have no direct knowledge of the players’ conditions, treatment, or prognosis. Some of you may recall this same disclaimer when I accurately prognosticated Clint Dempsey’s arrhythmia, so with that in mind let’s gaze into the crystal ball together.
First up, Stefan Frei. He had a knee injury on May 12 that he described as “a few tears, but nothing important.” After watching replays of the injury and studying the mechanism and angles I suspect it was a minor MCL tear, possibly with medial meniscus involvement. That would have put him on track for a 3-6 week return to activity without restrictions. Unfortunately, on May 28, head coach Brian Schmetzer informed us that Frei had a blood clot which changed his timeline to an indefinite one. Fancy doctor talk for a blood clot is a thrombosis, so our options are a superficial or a deep venous thrombosis.