The first thing Charlie Davies thought when he woke up in a hospital bed and saw the line of staples embedded in his abdomen like a zipper was that he was in Honduras, drugged and held captive, where bandits were harvesting his organs. ¶ Panicked, he started prying the staples out until blood oozed on about the fifth one, and a nurse rushed in and asked what he was doing. ¶ “You were in a serious car accident,” she said. ¶ “Where am I?” he asked, unconvinced. ¶ “You’re in Washington, D.C., Mr. Davies,” the nurse said. “You were in a serious car accident. You need to lie down.” ¶ And the star striker for the U.S. national soccer team drifted back to sleep for another four days. ¶ Today, 19 months after the horrific single-car crash on the George Washington Parkway that killed a fellow passenger and ultimately sent the driver to jail, Davies is the most prolific goal-scorer in Major League Soccer. Read full article > >

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