After nine tedious weeks rehabbing from an ankle injury suffered in mid-August, Carli Lloyd is finally ready to return to action.
The Delran native is back with the U.S. women’s national team as it faces South Korea in a pair of friendlies, Thursday in New Orleans (8 p.m., Fox Sports 1) and Sunday in Cary, N.C. (2 p.m., ESPN).
When the injury happened, it was officially described as a sprained ankle. That was true on paper, but in reality it was more painful.
“I was severely close to breaking my whole ankle,” Lloyd said. “I had a high ankle sprain and a bone contusion.