Charlie Davies Not On US World Cup Roster, Blames His French Club

According to Davies, Sochaux president Alexandre Lacombe wrote a letter to the U.S. coaching staff informing them of Sochaux’s opinion.

Describing himself as feeling “let down” by Sochaux, Davies sees himself as “ready to play” though not “100 percent.”

As always, Charlie Davis has kept us up-to-date via his Twitter: congratulating his teammates; expressing disappointment; but as always, moving in a positive direction:

Charles Davies’ quest to make the U.S. team for the 2010 World Cup seems to have ended, with the Sochaux striker omitted from the United States’ 30-man preliminary roster.

U.S. Soccer announced the squad today, and the Sochaux striker, who suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries in an October car crash, was omitted from the team.

As has been the case throughout the story, Charlie Davies is his own reporter:

Overly optimistic? Perhaps (perhaps not), but as Charlie makes clear in his tweet, his trajectory remains positive, as does his attitude.

A week after returning to the training pitch with his club team, conflicting reports have thrown American striker Charlie Davies’ availability for the World Cup into question.

According to a story from Fifa.com, the medical staff of Davies’ club team, Sochaux, have announced that the 23-year old striker will not be fit to compete in the upcoming World Cup, and likely won’t return before the end of the team’s season. But, per SI’s Grant Wahl, US Soccer has denied the validity of Fifa.com’s reports, and insists that nothing has changed with Davies’ status -- meaning that there hasn’t been a decision made either way.

Just six months after a catastrophic car accident seemingly put his career in jeopardy, United States striker Charlie Davies has improbably returned to the training field with his French club team Sochaux, per his twitter account.

The 23-year old Davies still harbors hopes of making enough of a recovery to return for the World Cup in June -- a feat that seemed wildly unrealistic a scant few months ago. To recap, Davies suffered a broken right tibia and femur, a broken left elbow, facial fractures and a lacerated bladder when the car he was a passenger in was totaled in a single-car wreck just outside of Washington DC last October 13th.

Charlie Davies, the 23 year old American striker who was in a devastating car crash on October 13, is planning on being back with his French club team, Sochaux, by the end of April. Davies, who burst onto the men’s national team scene last year, suffered a broken right tibia and femur, facial fractures, required surgery on his left elbow, and lacerated his bladder in a wreck in Washington DC days before the US was set to play their World Cup Qualifying match against Costa Rica.

From Goal.com:

Nearly five months after a one car accident US soccer striker Charles Davies is looking forward to start training with his French club Sochaux in about one month.

Davies’ goal is to be able to play in this summers World Cup which looks to be a safe bet since it does not start until June.

Three months after a horrible crash involving U.S. forward Charlie Davies and a driver under the influence of alcohol that left Davies injured and another passenger deceased, Davies tweeted he was to undergo elbow surgery.

Along with his elbow, Davies is suffering from a lacerated bladder, a broken right femur and tibia and facial fractures.

When we last heard from Charlie Davies, the 23-year old striker for the U.S. Men’s National Team, he had just survived a horrific car crash. It left the car in a tangled, twisted mess of metal, and left Davies with a broken right femur and tibia, a broken left elbow, facial fractures and a lacerated bladder. Lucky just to be alive, Davies was facing a 6-to-12 month rehabilitation process, and the near certainty that his dream of playing in the 2010 World Cup was lost. But now, four months after the accident, Davies is already jogging and performing agility drills and is “light years” ahead of where the team’s trainer expected he would be at this point.

Amazingly, playing in this summer’s World Cup is once again a very real possibility.

The U.S. striker who was badly injured in a fatal car accident last week has been moved out of the intensive care unit at the Washington Hospital Center, according to Soccer By Ives.

Although there is more surgery to come for Davies:

While there’s still no word as to a timetable for his recovery, Charlie Davies’ family spoke out and expressed gratitude for the support their son has received from fans across the country. Here’s their official statement:

Sam’s Army, the U.S. Soccer fan club that organized the Charlie Davies support effort tonight, can be proud of their work: That tribute was pretty fitting.

Basically every U.S. fan, at least those that made their way onto ESPN’s broadcast, had the requisite No. 9 paper sign at the 9th minute. After full-time, the U.S. gathered and held up a No. 9 Davies banner. It was an impressive display.

SI’s Grant Wahl brings a bit more positive news on Davies’ condition:

News of a tribute to Charlie Davies during tonight’s match against Costa Rica has been circling around the web since late last night, but Washington Post’s Soccer Insider blog has the details … and the print-out.

Fans who are attending the game are being asked to print this out and hold it up during the entire ninth-minute of the match (which starts at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2).

Grant Wahl confirms Charlie Davies’ injuries:

Turns out that’s not all, though. From Wahl’s Twitter page:

We haven’t seen this information anywhere else yet, and various other reporters (namely Grant Wahl, who’s as close to the U.S. Men’s National team as anyone) have yet to confirm these injuries, but here’s a report from a D.C.-area 5-o-clock news broadcast claiming Davies has a broken femur and tibula. Make of it what you will. (Though, if you ask us, most hospitals wouldn’t claim their patient was in “serious” condition if his biggest problems were broken bones. But then again, we’re not doctors.)

According to Grant Wahl, Davies was a passenger in the car:

From Grant Wahl:

That curfew touch is troubling, but we’ll wait for those details before we speculate even a little bit.

Washington Hospital Center Medstar is listing Davies in “serious condition” following lengthy surgery this afternoon. What does “serious” mean? Below are the American Medical Association’s standard conditions, listed from least serious to most:

A hospital spokeswoman said Davies’s injuries were not life-threatening, and didn’t know how they would affect Davies’s playing career.

SI’s Grant Wahl is in touch with the Davies family and is reporting that Charlie is out of surgery. There’s still no word on Davies’s injuries; the hospital has yet to issue a report, and though Charlie’s mother told Wahl what she thought the surgeries were for, Wahl isn’t willing to report the third-hand info. More to come, we’re sure.

Steven Goff of the Washington Post’s Soccer Insider reports that Charlie Davies suffered a broken leg and internal injuries during this morning’s catastrophic car accident.

We’ll have more information as it becomes available.

Grant Wahl tweets: