USA midfielder Savannah DeMelo is “stable and alert” after collapsing on the pitch while playing for Racing Louisville in the National Women’s Soccer League.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred in first-half stoppage time during Louisville’s match at Seattle Reign on Sunday.<\/p>\n
DeMelo, 27, received treatment on the field before being taken to hospital in an ambulance.<\/p>\n
Both teams confirmed the match, which was goalless, will be resumed at a later date.<\/p>\n
“Savannah is stable and alert and getting the attention she needs,” the NWSL posted on X.<\/p>\n
“Our first priority is her health and safety. We are in close communication with Racing Louisville’s medical team.<\/p>\n
“The NWSL remains committed to ensuring that the highest standards of medical care and emergency response are in place at every match.”<\/p>\n
DeMelo also had to be withdrawn from a match against Bay FC in March because of health issues.<\/p>\n
In May, DeMelo, who has won seven caps with USA, announced she had been diagnosed with Graves’ disease and hyperthyroidism.<\/p>\n
“Sending all our love to Savannah DeMelo and everyone at Racing Lou FC,” Seattle Reign posted on X.<\/p>\n
“We stand side by side with Louisville during this time and thank our fans for their support.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA midfielder Savannah DeMelo is “stable and alert” after collapsing on the pitch while playing for Racing Louisville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-144348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}