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Canada fretting on Davies injury 2 weeks before World Cup

Bayern's Alphonso Davies, center, leaves the field after getting injured during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Canada is sweating on the fitness of Alphonso Davies after he went off with an apparent leg injury while playing for Bayern Munich just over two weeks before the World Cup is due to begin. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Canada is sweating on the fitness of Alphonso Davies just over two weeks before the World Cup begins after he went off with an apparent leg injury while playing for Bayern Munich.

Davies clutched the back of his right thigh before going off in obvious discomfort in the 63rd minute of the 3-2 win at Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

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