Chicharito undergoes season-ending surgery on his right knee

LOS ANGELES — LA Galaxy ahead Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez underwent reconstructive surgical procedure on the ACL in his proper knee Friday and can miss the rest of the 12 months after being positioned on the season-ending harm checklist.

Hernandez, who turned 35 final week, is in his fourth season with the Galaxy. His contract expires on the finish of the season.

He has two objectives in 12 appearances this season after lacking the primary month of play with a hamstring harm.

Hernandez tore his ACL on a noncontact play in the course of the first half of the Galaxy’s loss to Real Salt Lake within the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on June 7.

Hernandez started his profession with Chivas in his native Guadalajara earlier than enjoying for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham and Sevilla. He turned the highest-paid participant in Major League Soccer when he joined the Galaxy in 2020 and has 35 objectives the previous two seasons.

The Galaxy additionally introduced that defender Martin Caceres will miss three to 5 months resulting from an avulsion fracture in his left knee. He suffered the harm throughout Wednesday’s 2-2 draw towards Sporting Kansas City and can endure surgical procedure subsequent week.

Caceres has two objectives in 18 begins throughout all competitions this season.

The Galaxy sit next-to-last out of 29 groups in MLS at 3-9-5 whereas scoring simply 16 objectives in 17 matches.