COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Everything is coming full circle for Tim Howard.
It’s been 16 weeks since the Colorado Rapids’ goalkeeper suffered a season-ending injury in the first half of the US men’s national team’s World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico – a fracture of the right adductor longus, located in the upper groin. The injury required offseason surgery and prompted the longest recovery time of Howard’s two decades of professional soccer.
But he’s returned to training over the past two weeks with Colorado, and gave reporters a positive assessment on his injury status on Tuesday.