The United States’ star striker Charlie Davies deserves to be called nothing other than Superman
You might ask, “Wait, the same Charlie Davies that experienced this car accident only four months ago?” Yes, yes indeed.
The accident right before the United States’ final World Cup qualifier in October left Davies with numerous injuries that had an estimated year of recovery time, and then a few more months of rehabilitation. But guess what? Charlie Davies is not only out of his wheelchair, but he is already jogging and is well on his way to reclaiming a spot on the United States’ World Cup roster.
ESPN Correspondent Ives Galarcep cannot help but marvel at this “remarkable path to recovery.”
Galarcep writes, “The strongest reminders of how fortunate Davies is come from Davies himself as he pushes through what is shaping up to be a miraculous recovery from that laundry list of major injuries. Less than four months after the crash that threatened to end his promising career, Davies is already jogging at a good rate and working on agility drills that would have seemed impossible just weeks earlier, when simply getting out of a wheelchair was an exhausting exercise.”
If you’re not impressed by that then how about this?
Galarcep continues, “The multiple broken bones in his leg, face and elbow have healed. So has a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and he has recovered from bladder surgery, which left a foot-long scar on his stomach. He has regained the 15 pounds he lost after enduring six surgeries following the crash, and is days away from undergoing his final surgery associated with the accident, a procedure to remove a bone, plate and screws from his left elbow. After a week to recover from that surgery, Davies expects to be back training with Sochaux by the end of February.”
Charlie Davies, a man who plays with confidence and swagger, already seems like he is back to normal.
Davies said, ”The World Cup is easy for me to be back for. I want to get back to France, and I don’t want to just get back — I want to be good.
“I don’t want to be that guy just to make the [World Cup] team and just sit there. I want to be back and starting and scoring, playing well and doing the things I know I can do.
“People haven’t seen the progress I’ve made, and maybe they don’t know the kind of person I am and the motivation and new appreciation for being able to play that I have.”
With the kind of adversity and determination that the 23-year-old striker has, how could you doubt his ambitions?
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