NWSL leaders Gotham lose Dudley, Bruninha for playoffs

Defending NWSL champions and current NWSL Shield leaders Gotham FC will be without two important players as the playoffs near after forward Jordynn Dudley and defender Bruninha each suffered season-ending injuries. Bruninha was stretchered off the field in Brazil's 3-1 victory over Argentina on Saturday in Porto Alegre, Brazil . The Brazilian federation (CBF) later announced that she tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee. Gotham announced on Monday that the team placed rookie forward Dudley on the NWSL's season-ending injury list after she sustained a foot fracture during training earlier this month.