Mackenzie Arnold: Matildas star leaves fans STUNNED as she exposes depressing news with confronting photo

Matildas goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold has confirmed she won't play successful 2 upcoming location matches against Argentina owed to a ft injury.

Arnold, 31, posted photos of herself successful the footwear and crutches connected her Snapchat stories earlier telling fans she won't diagnostic successful the fixtures to beryllium played successful Melbourne and Canberra connected May 30 and June 2 respectively.

Daily Mail Australia understands the shot-stopper injured her ft erstwhile playing for Portland Thorns FC successful the US.

The setback for Arnold follows Matildas teammate Mary Fowler recently rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) erstwhile turning retired for Manchester City successful the FA Cup.

Fowler, 23, present faces astatine slightest 9 months connected the sidelines.

It comes arsenic respected physiotherapist Brien Seeney, who discusses assorted sporting injuries connected his NRL Physio Instagram and X accounts, precocious raised questions astir different ailment Fowler was carrying earlier her disastrous setback.

'Horrible to spot an ACL rupture present confirmed for Mary Fowler - absorbing to work that she had a important playing & question load starring up to the wounded arsenic good arsenic dealing with a close hamstring issue,' helium wrote connected X.

That was backed up by photos of Fowler grooming with the Matildas successful Sydney up of their archetypal affable against South Korea connected April 4, wherever she was seen with her close hamstring taped up.

The musculus was besides strapped erstwhile she blew retired her ACL.

And successful January of 2024, skipper Sam Kerr besides injured her ACL erstwhile connected a grooming campy with Chelsea successful Morocco - and is yet to play a competitory fixture since.

In amended quality for the embattled Matildas, Joe Montemurro’s assignment arsenic their caller manager is expected to beryllium confirmed by the extremity of the month, with the Melbourne-born mentor acceptable to chopped ties with French nine Lyon.

Montemurro previously enjoyed palmy spells successful complaint of Arsenal and Juventus – wherever helium led them to nationalist titles successful England and Italy respectively.

He besides signed Matildas prima Caitlin Foord portion successful complaint of the Gunners.

Foord’s Arsenal teammate Steph Catley precocious said the Matildas players felt ‘in limbo’ arsenic they waited for Football Australia to capable the vacant presumption 9 months aft Tony Gustavsson’s departure.

The Matildas are presently ranked 16th successful the world.