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Ten Months After Her Heart Stopped During a Game, Angel City’s Savy King Returns to the Pitch
Savy King returned to play after surgery for a rare heart defect, leading league-wide CPR training that can triple survival chances, officials said.
- Ten months after her collapse, Savy King, Angel City FC defender, is preparing for the National Women's Soccer League season and practiced at Angel City Performance Center on Feb. 26, 2026.
- During the second half last May 9, King sat dazed in the 74th minute before collapsing during Angel City home match vs. Utah Royals; she then underwent surgery to repair an anomalous left coronary artery.
- Trainers and on-field medical staff treated King for about 11 minutes, then she completed six weeks of physical therapy and exercised three days a week for three months under close monitoring.
- Through Savy King's leadership, all 16 NWSL teams received hands-only CPR and AED training this year, making the NWSL the only U.S. pro league to implement training at that scale.
- The game continued with about 12 minutes of stoppage time despite calls to suspend it, prompting new procedures after Racing Louisville's Savannah DeMelo collapsed, NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said.
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Ten months after her heart stopped during a game, Angel City's Savy King returns to the pitch
That Savy King not only survived a life-threatening on-field cardiac event but is now poised to return this season for Angel City is nothing short of miraculous.
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Ten months after her heart stopped during a game, Angel City’s Savy King returns to the pitch
That Savy King not only survived a life-threatening on-field cardiac event but is now poised to return this season for Angel City is nothing short of miraculous. During the second half of Angel City’s home match against the Utah Royals last May 9, King sat on the field in the 74th minute, appearing dazed. Then everything went black. The 20-year-old’s heart had stopped. Ten months later, King is preparing for the 2026 National Women’s Soccer Leag…
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