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USWNT's Catarina Macario announces she won't be fit for Women's World Cup

U.S. women's national team forward Catarina Macario has announced that she will not recover in time from an ACL injury to play in this summer's Women's World Cup.

Macario, 23, has not played since suffering the injury in French club Lyon's final game of last season almost a year ago.

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Although she has returned to training, the end of Lyon's season on Saturday will leave her unable to get competitive minutes before USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski announces his roster for the World Cup by July 10.