Seeing 24 year-old center-back John Brooks go down with an injury during the second half of the friendly with Venezuela, was not a good sign for fans or the team. According to United States coach Bruce Arena, Brooks has a bruised quad and he doesn’t know if Brooks is going to be ready by Thursday for a showdown with Trinidad and Tobago.
Brooks recovered enough over the weekend at attend and take part in training yesterday. According to US Soccer officials the newly minted Wolfsburg center-back participated in the full training (training was only open to the press for 15 minutes).