Renewed Energy Boosts Lewis Back to Championship Form
Angel City defender Savy King returned to BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday evening for her first regular-season game since she suffered a cardiac incident on May 9, 2025. The 21-year-old subbed on in the 63rd minute to a thunderous home crowd, the team already enjoying a dominant lead over the visiting Chicago Stars, which ended in a 4-0 win. King even got a shot on goal in her 27 minutes on the pitch.
King had collapsed on that same field 10 months prior during a game against the Utah Royals due in part to an undetected congenital heart abnormality. She was rushed to the hospital and underwent a successful surgery soon after, followed by a lengthy rehabilitation process. Controversially, the league authorized that match to continue, a decision that drew swift and sharp criticism from the NWSL Players Association, who urged the league to change its protocols and order the match abandoned in the event of medical incidents that require life-saving procedures.
On Feb. 14, Angel City removed King from its season-ending injury (SEI) list, and two days later, she made her first return to competition since her cardiac incident at the preseason Coachella Valley Invitational. In 2025, Savy King collapsed on the field due to a heart condition.
Today, she makes her return to the pitch. Welcome back, Savy 👏 pic. twitter.
com/GWQW2lzqM2 — National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) March 16, 2026 King’s presence was unmissable Sunday against a stunned Chicago as she swapped places with U. S. women’s national team center back Emily Sams midway through the second half.
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