They beat Vietnam 3-0 to start the 2023 World Cup. One of the starters in the midfield was an emerging star on the national team and in the NWSL. Now, due to injury issues, she has become a cautionary tale.
Savannah DeMelo was named to the USWNT 2023 World Cup roster due to her strong play with Racing Louisville in the NWSL. She was a star of one of the newer teams in the league. Now she is suing the doctors associated with that team.
In a lawsuit against the University of Louisville Health and its physicians, DeMelo is alleging that she was misdiagnosed with a heart condition that led to a scary on-field incident. On Sept. 14, 2025, DeMelo collapsed, and it’s recently been revealed that she went into cardiac arrest…