Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau undergoes surgery on broken thumb

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Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau has undergone successful surgery on his fractured left thumb.

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Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau has undergone successful surgery on his fractured left thumb.

The 26-year-old Canadian international was injured in a July 19 goalmouth collision with Seattle’s Handwalla Bwana at the MLS is Back Tournament in Florida.

Axel Schuster, the Whitecaps CEO and sporting director, said Crepeau is expected to be back to full training in October. The surgery was Monday night.

Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau dives to make a save during the first half of an MLS soccer game against D.C. United in Vancouver, on Saturday August 17, 2019. The Whitecaps' depleted roster took another blow Tuesday with news that Crepeau has a broken left thumb.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau dives to make a save during the first half of an MLS soccer game against D.C. United in Vancouver, on Saturday August 17, 2019. The Whitecaps' depleted roster took another blow Tuesday with news that Crepeau has a broken left thumb.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Third-stringer Thomas Hasal, a 21-year-old from Saskatoon, replaced Crepeau at the tournament. Backup Bryan Meredith had left the team to be with his family in New Jersey after the death of his mother.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2020.

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