De Villardi Undergoes Successful Surgery

Minnesota United today announced that defender Thomas de Villardi underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in training last week. De Villardi, 23, was drafted 42nd overall by MNUFC in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft and after training with the club since preseason, was signed in mid-March. He is expected to make a full recovery, but will be out for the remainder of the season.

“Thomas underwent successful surgery today to repair his ruptured left Achilles tendon. He is anticipated to have a six- to nine-month recovery,” said MNUFC Head Athletic Trainer Sean Kupiec.

The French native had four goals and 16 assists in his college career, split evenly between Duquesne…