Chris Graythen, Getty Images
Mallory Pugh of the USA is helped off the field during the game against the Korea Republic at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Oct. 19, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 
Getting your player ready...
When Mallory Pugh left the field with an injury sustained in a game with the U.S. women’s national team against South Korea last week, she clearly was in severe physical and emotional pain, but her fans needn’t fear the worst.
The Highlands Ranch prodigy sustained a strained right hamstring. Team doctors say her recovery should take about six weeks, and that would knock her out of the national team’s final two games of 2017 against Canada, Nov. 9 and Nov. 12.
![Paxten Aaronson #10 of the Colorado Rapids] controls the ball in the second half during a match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on August 19, 2026 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2291591540.jpg?w=525 "Colorado Rapids v Los Angeles Football Club")
