United States men’s national team and Rapids goalkeeper Tim Howard has been diagnosed with a right adductor injury ahead of Colorado’s Western Conference finals series against Seattle, the federation announced Sunday in a release.
Howard, 37, suffered the groin injury in the first half of the USMNT’s 2-1 loss to Mexico on Friday night in Columbus, going down after winding up to take a goal kick.
Colorado does have a capable backup in Zac MacMath. MacMath posted a 0.69 goals against average in 16 starts prior to Howard’s midseason arrival from Everton of the English Premier League.