U.S. defender Carter-Vickers to miss up to 5 months with Achilles injury

GLASGOW Scotland AP U S international Cameron Carter-Vickers will be sidelined for at least several months after the Celtic center back sustained an Achilles injury manager Brendan Rodgers stated Friday Rodgers estimated Carter-Vickers would miss three to five months which could limit the defender s chances of making the U S unit for next summer s World Cup The -year-old Carter-Vickers felt pain during Celtic s - accomplishment over Sturm Graz in the Europa League on Thursday night Rodgers had made two first-half substitutions for injuries and made another change in the th minute exhausting his three opportunities for subs We craved to take off Cameron but we could only make one substitution in the second half Ideally we would have taken him off Rodgers mentioned after the match Rodgers notified Sky Sports on Friday that it s an Achilles injury Auston Trusty also a U S international could be called on to replace Carter-Vickers who played for the U S at the World Cup AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source