Albright replaces injured Hejduk on World Cup roster

May 3, 2006
NEW YORK -- Chris Albright made the U.S. World Cup roster a day late, earning a spot Wednesday after a test revealed Frankie Hejduk has a torn knee ligament.

Hejduk was injured Saturday while playing for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew. He thinks he was hurt when he went up for a header and a Kansas City player landed on him, but he played the full game and there wasn't much swelling. Hejduk participated in Tuesday's training session but after feeling pain in his right knee, he ...

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