Goalkeepers’ elbows aren’t the healthiest even in the best of times, Seattle’s Stefan Frei explained on Thursday, “then you add in a couple of hyperextensions here and there, which I had in preseason, as well, and …”
And you end up in the hospital two nights before a match with fluid-filled joint for an unplanned cortisone shot.
Frei is expected to return for Seattle’s home match on Saturday against Vancouver, saying that he feels “fit, ready and sharp.” He also went into detail about the elbow inflammation that kept him out of last weekend’s game at Real Salt Lake.