LAFC goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau broke his right leg while committing a red-card foul during extra time in the team’s MLS Cup final victory over the Philadelphia Union, the team confirmed Sunday.
Crepeau had what LAFC called successful surgery at Kaiser Permanente’s Baldwin Park Medical Center. He is likely to miss the World Cup for Canada, although the team didn’t comment on what his status for Qatar was.
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Crepeau was injured when he charged out of his net and collided with Philadelphia’s Cory Burke to prevent a clear scoring path to a potential go-ahead goal in a 2-2 game. Crepeau was taken off the field on a cart.
The home side finished play with 10 men, giving up a late goal before Gareth Bale‘s dramatic equalizer in the eighth minute of injury time. Backup keeper John McCarthy then won the MLS Cup MVP award by making two saves in the penalty shootout.
LAFC won the shootout 3-0 and claimed the franchise’s first MLS Cup title.
The 28-year-old Crepeau joined LAFC in January from the Vancouver Whitecaps. He also played for Montreal during his MLS career.