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Scotland captain Rachel Corsie has confirmed she will miss next month’s friendlies with Australia and Costa Rica following knee surgery.
The 33-year-old centre-half also faces a race against time to be fit for Aston Villa’s FA Women’s Cup semi-final against Chelsea on 16 April.
She was injured during the 2-1 quarter-final win over Manchester City.
“Unfortunately, I need to get a small surgery, hopefully this week,” Corsie told the Behind The Goals podcast.
She hopes to “get things tidied up, have a few weeks rehab and hopefully be back on the pitch as soon as possible”.
Corsie will sit out Sunday’s Women’s Superleague visit by Chelsea before missing out on national head coach Pedro MartÃnez Losa’s squad for games against Australia in London on 7 April and Costa Rica at Hampden Park four days later.
“It’s always disappointing when you have to make that phone call,” she told BBC Scotland. “I spoke to Pedro at the end of last week and start of this week and unfortunately it will take me a few weeks to be available on the pitch.
“I think I’ve done well to be available for selection for a consistent period now, but I will need to sit these ones out.”
Corsie, who scored the opening goal, explained that she tried to play through the pain against City on 19 March before a post-match scan revealed the damage.
“Adrenalin in the moment sees you through to the end of the game, but I knew at the time that there was one tackle where I just felt something in my knee,” she recalls.
“It’s sore in the moment, you get up, you carry on, but afterwards I was in a lot more discomfort.”
