Omar Bravo Suffers Sports Hernia Injury

Sporting's Omar Bravo takes down Gaston Puerari and sees red

Sporting Kansas City forward Omar Bravo has suffered a sports hernia injury and preliminary reports expect him to be out for 3-6 weeks. Bravo, 31 and the club’s second-ever designated player, was named MLS Player of the Week after scoring two goals in the season-opening 3-2 win at Chivas USA.


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He last played the first half in Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying game on Wednesday. Sporting Kansas City has this weekend off and will return to action on April 16th at the Columbus Crew.