Angel City's Savy King discharged from hospital roughly one week after on-field collapse
Angel City defender Savy King has been discharged from the hospital after undergoing successful surgery, roughly one week after collapsing on the field during her team's game against the Utah Royals.
King, 20, was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday and is now at home resting with her family, the team said in a statement released Sunday.
'On behalf of Angel City FC and Savy's family, we are so grateful for the expert medical care she received by the world class providers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in consultation with our medical staff,' the team said. 'Angel City is prepared to support Savy as she continues her recovery.'
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In the week following King's collapse, the National Women's Soccer League said it would review the protocols that allowed for the game to continue even after the defender received life-saving care on the pitch.
King collapsed in the 74th minute of the regular-season game against the Royals on Friday, May 9, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
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The defender was down for several minutes and received immediate care from Angel City's medical staffers, who have been praised by the NWSL, players and NWSL Players Association for their quick action, before being transported via ambulance to California Hospital Medical Center. King was admitted to Cedars-Sinai the following day after doctors discovered a heart abnormality that required surgery.
NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman on Saturday spoke publicly for the first time since King's medical event during a half-time media availability with reporters during halftime of Angel City and Bay FC's rivalry match at PayPal Park in San Jose, California.
Berman said the league was focused on 'ensuring that all of our medical procedures were followed and that, on a go-forward basis,' games do not continue in similar circumstances. Though the commissioner reiterated that the match should not have continued, she provided little detail on how the decision was made or the specifics of her involvement that night.
The NWSL initially said it followed 'league protocols … from both a medical and game operations perspective,' when it made the decision to resume the remainder of the match after King's collapse. By Wednesday, the league said it would review those protocols.
The NWSL Players Association on Wednesday issued its own statement calling for immediate changes to the existing protocol, including determining whose responsibility it is to inform necessary parties on how to proceed amid a serious event.
In the moments after the game ended, players and coaching staff questioned the decision to keep playing, sharing the whirlwind of emotions they endured while sending support to King for a full recovery.
'In those moments, I'm not sure if we should have continued the game,' Utah Royals head coach Jimmy Coenraets told reporters after the game. 'You're emotionally — not only them but also our players were just scared. That's not the right situation to be in, but in the end, we played on. That's the decision other people have taken, which is fine. It was a really tough moment.'
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Angel City forward Christen Press, who scored the game-winning goal shortly before King's medical event, addressed the emotions in a postgame interview with CBS.
'I think this game has been very emotional, very tough. All of us are praying for Savy, our teammate,' she said. 'That's really all I can think about right now. It was a really emotional game.'
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