- The striker will not play in tournament with four nations
- Kerr, 31, continues to recover from the rupture of ACL in his knee
- He has not played competitive football in more than a year
Sam Kerr will not play for Matildas in the next Shebelieves Cup in the United States, but is not due to its recent judicial case.
Kerr, 31, was declared not guilty of racially aggravated abuse after calling a “stupid and white” police officer during a heated entorated in a London police station in January 2023.
She directed the comments on PC Stephen Lovell when a taxi driver took her to the station after vomiting in her vehicle and her fiancee Kristie Mewis broke into a window.
Australia's best female soccer player told the jurors that he feared herself and that the United States international, Kristie Mewis, was being kidnapped by the taxi driver, and made the petulant comments because PC Lovell was not listening to or understood her ” privileged position “as a man.
PC Lovell said he felt 'belittled and upset by Kerr following his comments.
Kerr was acquitted by a jury in Kingston Crown Court after just over four hours of deliberations.
Sam Kerr will not play in the next Shebelieves Cup for Matildas in the United States, but it is not due to its recent judicial case (in the photo, with the companion Kristie Mewis)
Kerr, 31, was found not guilty of racially aggravated abuse after call
Kerr will not appear in the United States against the hosts, more Japan and Colombia, since he is still recovering after breaking his LCA in a Chelsea training camp in January last year
Kerr will not appear in the United States against the hosts, in addition to Japan and Colombia, since he is still recovering after breaking his LCA in a Chelsea training camp in January last year.
She has the tip to return in March, but the blues are returning to training.
Steph Cathery will continue Captain of the Matildas with Marginated Kerr.
Speaking in the United States, defender Ellie Carpenter avoided questions that surround Kerr's blurred state as a long -term pattern of the national team.
Football Australia has not yet provided a definitive answer to the question that many football fans want to answer.
“This will be my only comment about Sam,” Carpenter told reporters.
'Obviously I hope he is well and (worrying) about her well -being … It has been a very challenging moment for her.
'Secondly, we hope that his rehabilitation trip with his knee goes well, and we cannot wait to see her back in the field.
'It is such a hard and long trip. “I've also happened to that, so I really hope (soon) come back to the field doing what he loves … that will be the best.”
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