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Canadian D Kennedy to miss World Cup with shoulder injury

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TORONTO (AP) — Canadian defender Scott Kennedy will miss the World Cup after injuring a shoulder. The 25-year-old, who has eight international appearances, was hurt Saturday while playing for Regensburg against Rostock in the German second tier, leaving the match in the seventh minute. “He was devastated this morning,” Canada coach John Herdman said during a conference call Wednesday. “He will be a big loss to this group on and off the field.

Just one of those tough moments as a coach where you've got to share that grim reality with someone.” Herdman was relieved Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies, who turned 22 Wednesday, was not seriously hurt when he sustained a cranial bruise against Dortmund on Oct.

8. Davies, Canada's top player, returned eight days later. “Every game we’re monitoring you’ve just got that sort of pit in your stomach that you’re going to lose a critical player but it’s going to happen,” Herdman said. “Every weekend you’re dreading it.

One part is you’re going to miss some quality from the team, but the next part is just knowing the pain that those players are going to go through.” Atiba Hutchinson, a 39-year-old midfielder and Canada’s captain, is the only player in the pool who was alive during Canada’s last World Cup appearance in 1986.

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