This past weekend the US Soccer Team suffered a major blow this past weekend. In the Manchester United v Bolton game, one of the USA's budding stars was featuring in the EPL again. Stuart Holden has had a great season at Bolton. Bolton is usually stuck at the bottom of the Premier League table, but this season they sit in 7th place, thanks in large part to the strong play of Holden.
Holden has played in all 30 games for Bolton, and has started 26 of those. He's been a staple in the midfield puling the strings for the offense and creating problems for opposing defenses himself. As a young player, he is a big key for the future of US Soccer.
But up against the Premier League leaders, Manchester United, Holden came out second best in a hard tackle from Jonny Evans. (And let me just say, as a big time Manchester United fan, Jonny Evans has been the worst defensive replacement I've ever seen. He's caused way more problems than he's worth.) Evans got red carded and suspended for 3 games for the tackle. At first it only looked like a cut on the knee for Holden. But it turns out that he's going to be out for about 6 months, which also means he's going to miss the majority, if not all of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the largest tournament for the US Soccer Team outside of the World Cup.
Here's hoping that Holden recovers quickly. The US Soccer Teams needs him. It would be especially nice since Charlie Davies is back healthy.
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