Soccer-Kerr returns to Chelsea squad after 20 months on sidelines

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's Champions League - Group D - Chelsea v BK Hacken - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - December 14, 2023 Chelsea's Sam Kerr in action Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley/File Photo

(Reuters) -Chelsea forward Sam Kerr is set to make her long-awaited return for the first time since she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in January last year after coach Sonia Bompastor said on Thursday that the Australian is in her squad.

Kerr was sidelined after she suffered the ACL injury at a warm weather training camp in Morocco last year.