{"id":210190,"date":"2026-05-09T02:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/will-alphonso-davies-play-in-world-cup-injury-update-for-canadas-bayern-munich-star-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:08:47","slug":"will-alphonso-davies-play-in-world-cup-injury-update-for-canadas-bayern-munich-star-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/will-alphonso-davies-play-in-world-cup-injury-update-for-canadas-bayern-munich-star-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Alphonso Davies play in World Cup? Injury update for Canada&#039;s Bayern Munich star &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich&#8217;s Alphonso Davies will be sidelined for &#8220;several weeks&#8221; after injuring his left hamstring during the Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain, dealing a potential blow to Canada&#8217;s 2026 <a href=\/sports\/soccer\/world-cup\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>World Cup preparations<\/a>.<br \/>Davies, who was a second-half substitute against PSG on Wednesday, has struggled with muscle injuries this season and Bayern&#8217;s medical team confirmed on Friday that the fullback&#8217;s club season was practically over.<br \/>Davies has made just six Bundesliga starts this season while he has not completed 90 minutes in a match since February.<br \/>With Bayern knocked out of the Champions League, the German champions have only three matches left this season, including a Cup final against Stuttgart on May 23.<br \/>But the timing could hardly be worse for Canada, who are set to co-host the World Cup from June 11. The 25-year-old serves as captain for his country, who begin their group campaign against Bosnia on June 12.<br \/>Davies&#8217;s injury woes have been mounting this season, with the defender already\u00a0missing friendlies against Iceland and Tunisia\u00a0in March due to a hamstring strain.<br \/><em>Our editors independently choose our recommendations. Some content is produced with paid support from a third party, however our editorial decisions remain independent. If you buy through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices and availability may change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxQbEZTLW9ibnNETjFGLTNOQ0h2VjV0VUFrWndFMzl5UVNDc0M0enpkQUFyd0pqT1didzRiTWlJN3Q4NlYxSFZRd1pGamVtRzBUMWowWVZ1NHdINjNsN2ZGMGVCQTJpTVUyNGo1NXRSVWhjTDVlSGVYMDgzR0Q0WEs2Slp1TWZYTVp2UmUtZkZoMHZhWUstd0lQSHV2LVAzY0Q0NUh5bE1rX2dEYTZ3MFVQLXJ5a2RJelVES3kyMDV3dDJ5a2VtQS1sWk5CaVBSemdpWmZ5S0NGRGpGR0U?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich&#8217;s Alphonso Davies will be sidelined for &#8220;several weeks&#8221; after injuring his left hamstring during the Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain, dealing a potential blow to Canada&#8217;s 2026 World Cup preparations.Davies, who was a second-half substitute against PSG on Wednesday, has struggled with muscle injuries this season and Bayern&#8217;s medical team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-210190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}