Atlanta United FC striker Josef Martinez is out for six to eight weeks after undergoing right knee arthroscopy, the club announced on Friday.
Martinez underwent ACL surgery on the same knee and missed all but one game in 2020 before returning for the following season.
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The 2018 MLS MVP has two goals and two assists in five appearances this season for Atlanta United.
Martinez, 28, has recorded double-digit goal tallies in every MLS season he has been healthy. He has 91 goals and 14 assists in 113 career appearances (104 starts) with Atlanta since 2017.
Martinez’s latest setback adds to Atlanta’s injury problems, after seeing offseason addition Ozzie Alonso sidelined last week with a torn ACL in his left knee. Matheus Rossetto, Luiz Araujo and league-record signing Thiago Almada are all out with hamstring injuries.
Emerson Hyndman, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament last season, is still trying to regain his fitness.
Information from Archyde.com was used in this report.