2022 Player Profiles: Bobby Wood

In an early preseason article, I chose Bobby Wood to be RSL’s breakout player of the year. With a confident exuberance, I declared that, “At 29 years of age, Wood has something to prove and may yet still have USMNT aspirations. I’d be shocked if he didn’t score double digit goals for us this season.” I chose poorly.

Wood would only score 3 goals, have 1 assist, and only play in 14 matches during the 2022 RSL regular season. A player that has been plagued by injuries, Wood continue that trend with a left adductor injury during the RSL vs. San Jose match on June 18; that would have him needing surgery later that week. Wood was thought to only miss 2-3 months at the time, but after a series of…