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LOS ANGELES (AP) — LA Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget needs foot surgery and will be sidelined four to six months after getting hurt while playing for the United States in a World Cup qualifier against Honduras.
Lletget was a surprise starter in the Americans' 6-0 win Friday night at San Jose, California. He put the U.S. ahead in the fifth minute with his first international goal, then injured his left foot in the 15th minute on a slide tackle that earned Honduran defender Ever Alvarado a yellow card. Lletget was replaced three minutes later by Alejandro Bedoya.
The Galaxy said Tuesday that Lletget at first was thought to have a strained foot. But the U.S. Soccer Federation and the Galaxy medical team determined Lletget has a Lisfranc injury, a break to one or more bones in the middle of the foot.
He will have surgery next week after the swelling decreases.
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