Former Toronto FC midfielder Tsubasa Endoh going through therapy for leukemia – Toronto

Former Toronto FC midfielder Tsubasa Endoh is undergoing cure in his indigenous Japan for acute leukemia.

In social media posts on his confirmed accounts, the 29-year-previous from Tokyo claimed he was identified Dec. 2.

“I was honestly shocked at initially and it was genuinely hard to acknowledge the complete situation,” he wrote.

Endoh said he has previously started chemotherapy periods.

“It’s gonna be a hell of a journey and it’s absolutely the toughest second in my existence, but I’m identified to fight this and appear back more powerful than at any time,” he extra.

His announcement drew messages of assist from the MLS club and several previous teammates.

Toronto took the former Japanese youth global in the initial round, ninth total, out of the University of Maryland in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.

Endoh experienced with 10 ambitions in 80 appearances in all competitions for Toronto about the upcoming six seasons. Right after his deal expired subsequent the end of the 2021 campaign, Endoh signed a six-month agreement with Australia’s Melbourne Town FC in February.

Most not too long ago he was with Los Angeles Galaxy II.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a kind of most cancers of the blood and bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones wherever blood cells are produced.

In accordance to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, there were being an estimated 6,900 new scenarios of leukemia in 2020 in Canada.