Andrés Perea won’t be suiting up for New York City FC anytime soon. The club confirmed on Monday that the midfielder underwent surgery to address a lower right leg fracture at Montefiore Einstein Medical Center. Although no specific timetable was provided, head coach Pascal Jansen mentioned following their win over Charlotte FC that Perea was expected to be out “for a little bit.” Perea will begin his rehabilitation immediately.
“Everyone at the Club wishes Andrés all the best in his recovery,” the club said in a statement.
Perea sustained the injury in the 71st minute of Friday’s Game 3 match against Charlotte FC. NYCFC won that game to advance to the conference semifinals, where they will face the Philadelphia Union. The injury occurred when Perea went for an aerial ball against Charlotte’s Adilson Malanda. Upon landing, he awkwardly fell on his right leg, causing his right foot to bend back unnaturally, resulting in immediate pain on the pitch.
The club’s medical staff quickly came out to assess him, causing a roughly four-minute delay in the game before Perea was carted off the field.
“It was a very tense moment because we [lost] one of our own and it looked very bad,” Jansen told reporters after the match. He also described the loss of Perea as a “big” one for the team.
This season, Perea appeared in 24 MLS matches for NYCFC, tallying three goals and one assist. He also contributed another assist during the postseason match against Charlotte.
Looking ahead, New York City FC will face Philadelphia on November 23 in the conference semifinals following the international break.
Perea previously played for the Union but was loaned to NYCFC for the second half of the 2023 season before being traded to New York City in January 2024. This season marks the fourth time in five years that NYCFC has reached at least the conference semifinals in the MLS Cup playoffs.
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