Racing Louisville confirmed United States international Savannah DeMelo is “stable and alert” after the midfielder collapsed on the pitch during their National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match at Seattle Reign.<\/p>\n
The emergency occurred in first-half stoppage time at Lumen Field, and the 27-year-old received treatment on the pitch before she was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance.<\/p>\n
DeMelo’s club announced the goalless match, which was suspended, will resume at a later date.<\/p>\n
A Racing Louisville statement, posted on X, read: “Tonight’s Racing Louisville game at Seattle Reign FC has been abandoned following a medical emergency involving Racing midfielder Savannah DeMelo.<\/p>\n
“Savannah, who received immediate on-field care from medical personnel, is stable and alert.<\/p>\n
“She was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. The remainder of the game wil be rescheduled for a further date, and further updates will be provided as appropriate.”<\/p>\n
The NWSL also confirmed in an X post that “Savannah is stable and alert and getting the attention she needs.”<\/p>\n
“Our first priority is her health and safety,” the league said in a statement. “We are in close communication with Racing Louisville’s medical team.<\/p>\n
“We recognise the concern this incident may cause, particularly in light of recent conversations around player safety.<\/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
Reign also offered their support, posting on X: “Sending all our love to Savannah DeMelo and everyone at @RacingLouFC.”<\/p>\n
A club statement read: “We stand side-by-side with Louisville during this time and thank our fans for their support.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Racing Louisville confirmed United States international Savannah DeMelo is “stable and alert” after the midfielder collapsed on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-22325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}