{"id":848687,"date":"2026-08-06T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848687\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:42:10","slug":"canada-midfielder-ali-ahmed-to-undergo-surgery-after-tearing-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848687\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada midfielder Ali Ahmed to undergo surgery after tearing ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/soccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soccer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canada midfielder Ali Ahmed will miss an extended period after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, his English club Norwich City announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto native suffered the setback after helping his country reach the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 06, 2026 4:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A man soccer player.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786056130_292_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Canada&#8217;s Ali Ahmed suffered a ruptured ACL after landing awkwardly during Norwich City\u2019s pre-season friendly against CA Osasuna on Aug. 1. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis)<\/p>\n<p>Canada midfielder Ali Ahmed will miss an extended period after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, his English club Norwich City announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed, 25, was injured after landing awkwardly during the second half of Norwich&#8217;s pre-season friendly against Spain&#8217;s CA Osasuna on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent scans confirmed the injury, and Ahmed is set to undergo surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto native played a key role in Canada&#8217;s run to the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s next international window includes home matches against Chile on Sept. 26 in Toronto and Peru on Oct. 3 in Montreal before playing the United States on Oct. 6 in St. Paul, Minn.<\/p>\n<p>Norwich teammate Mohamed Toure will wear Ahmed&#8217;s No. 21 shirt this season as a show of support while the Canadian recovers.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soccer Canada midfielder Ali Ahmed will miss an extended period after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-848687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}