Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau undergoes surgery to repair fractured leg

Canadian international goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau had surgery on Sunday to repair a fracture of his right leg suffered in extra time of Los Angeles FC's MLS Cup victory.

LAFC said the surgery was performed at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center.

The injury will keep Crepeau out of the World Cup. He had been expected to be one of Milan Borjan's backups in Qatar.

Adding insult to injury, Crepeau was red-carded on the play for denying a goal-scoring chance.

The 28-year-old from Candiac, Que., was placed on a stretcher and carted off the field. Sitting up on the cart, he held his thumb in the air and applauded the crowd as he was taken away.

The game was tied 2-2 at the time. John McCarthy came on to replace Crepeau with LAFC forced to sacrifice forward Kwadwo Opoku to get him on because of Crepeau's red card.

The game finished tied at 3-3 after extra time with LAFC going on to win a penalty shootout 3-0. McCarthy was named MLS Cup MVP for his shootout heroics.

Crepeau has won 15 caps for Canada.

"We're thinking of you Maxime," Canada Soccer tweeted Saturday.

We're thinking of you Maxime