{"id":8499,"date":"2026-04-21T06:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/8499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:53:17","slug":"usmnt-goalkeeper-breaks-neck-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/8499\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT Goalkeeper Breaks Neck in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Jonathan Klinsmann&#8217;s season in Italy is over after a frightening injury left him with a broken neck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/usmnt\/2026\/04\/20\/jonathan-klinsmann-injury-news-usmnt-cesena-neck\/89700820007\/?tbref=hp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a> reports. The 29-year-old American goalkeeper was stretchered off Saturday during Cesena&#8217;s Serie B match against Palermo following a collision with an opposing player; Palermo went on to win 2-0. Cesena said tests showed a fracture of the first cervical vertebra, and that Klinsmann will undergo additional exams and a consultation with neurosurgeons.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Klinsmann later confirmed on Instagram that he had fractured his spine and will be sidelined &#8220;for a while,&#8221; thanking medical staff, fans from both clubs, and his family. He confirmed he&#8217;ll be out for the remainder of the season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/20\/jonathan-klinsmann-broken-neck-usmnt-cesena\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a> reports. Cesena currently sits eighth in Serie B, occupying the final promotion playoff spot. Klinsmann, the son of former Germany star and US men&#8217;s national team coach J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann, has been Cesena&#8217;s starting keeper since arriving from LA Galaxy in 2024. He has been called into the US men&#8217;s national team camp twice but has yet to appear in a senior match. He previously represented the US at the youth level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/48541604\/gk-jonathan-klinsmann-breaks-neck-playing-cesena\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> reports.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Jonathan Klinsmann&#8217;s season in Italy is over after a frightening injury left him with a broken neck,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6216,5,3095,149,6217],"class_list":{"0":"post-8499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-hospital","9":"tag-italy","10":"tag-jurgen-klinsmann","11":"tag-palermo","12":"tag-spine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}