Ahead of the 2020 Major League Soccer season kicking off for Philadelphia Union in the Lone Star State, Head Coach Jim Curtin spoke on the status of a few players.
Kai Wagner
“He’s pushing himself and had a good workout but unfortunately it was on a bike. He’s in the Lance Armstrong mode but not the top left back in our league mode and unfortunately not on the field with us. It’s going to take some time, he’s missed a good amount of work if you think about the hours that we’ve put in and the rest of the team has put in preseason in Clearwater. For him to just now be getting started and hopefully running by the end of the week on the field, it’s going to take a little bit more. Some guys can handle and navigate 90 minutes better than others but for me I don’t think it’ll be instant and he’ll be ready to go 90 and we’ll snap our fingers. He will need a build up and he’ll probably have some rust in some games. Maybe you toss him in there to close a game out and get his feet wet.”
Andrew Wooten
“Andrew trained full today so he’ll be pushing to at least be a reserve for LAFC. It’ll be critical to get him some game minutes because it’s been a long layoff but it’s trending in the right direction in terms of at least making the trip to LA and keeping him going and pushing the fitness side of things so he can be an option for us off the bench.”
Fans can watch the Union battle LAFC on Sunday, March 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
