{"id":3035,"date":"2026-03-08T01:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:14:37","slug":"not-good-news-usa-defender-sergino-dest-limps-off-with-hamstring-injury-in-psv-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=3035","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Not Good News&#039;: USA Defender Sergino Dest Limps Off With Hamstring Injury In PSV Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>United States defender Sergi\u00f1o Dest limped off with an apparent hamstring injury during PSV Eindhoven&#8217;s 2-1 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch league on Saturday, putting him in doubt for the national team&#8217;s upcoming friendlies against Belgium and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>Dest grabbed his left hamstring and screamed in pain while covering his eyes after tumbling in his own penalty area chasing Alkmaar\u2019s Wouter Goes in the second half. The fullback was substituted in the 57th minute, leaving the field with the assistance of two medical staff, unable to put weight on his left leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>&#8220;He landed on the ground after a full sprint and grabbed his hamstring. That\u2019s usually not good news,&#8221; PSV coach Peter Bosz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>The U.S. hosts Belgium on March 28 and Portugal on April 1 in warmup matches for the World Cup, which it is co-hosting with Mexico and Canada in June and July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>Dest, 25, has two goals in 37 international appearances and started all four U.S. matches at the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>He joined PSV from Barcelona but was sidelined for nearly 11 months after tearing an ACL in April 2024, missing that year&#8217;s Copa America. If Dest is unable to play at the World Cup, Juventus defender Tim Weah \u2014 who is on loan at Marseille \u2014 could slot in at right back. Alex Freeman and Joe Scally are also potential options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6>Fellow American Ricardo Pepi scored PSV\u2019s winner from close range in the 86th. It was his 10th league goal this season and 13th over 26 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-d515c0f6><i>Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY United States defender Sergi\u00f1o Dest limped off with an apparent hamstring injury during PSV Eindhoven&#8217;s 2-1 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch league on Saturday, putting him in doubt for the national team&#8217;s upcoming friendlies against Belgium and Portugal. Dest grabbed his left hamstring and screamed in pain while covering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}