CSUN Loses Davila for the Season : College soccer: Defender suffers second fracture in right leg in as many years.

Three days after celebrating his recovery from a leg fracture by scoring the first and only goal in Cal State Northridge’s brief Division I soccer history, Teddy Davila is out for the season after again sustaining a broken leg.

With two minutes remaining in Monday’s 2-0 loss to UC Santa Barbara, Davila, a sophomore defender, collided with a Gaucho player in a race for the ball. Pain shot through his right shin but the former Reseda High standout did not think it was serious.

After the game, as a precautionary measure, Davila was taken to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Woodland Hills by his brother and teammate Terry, and his father Tony, a CSUN assistant soccer coach.

X-rays revealed a partial break that will require a walking cast once the swelling goes down. It is not as serious as the multiple fracture Davila suffered in a game last October that restricted him to a hip-to-toe cast on his right leg and initially bound him to a wheelchair.

Doctors will check Davila for a calcium deficiency, but they don’t believe that was the cause.

“The break had completely healed,” Davila said. “They told me it would have happened no matter what.”

“I’m shocked, really,” Davila said. “It stinks. I hate sitting out another year. Last year was probably the worst time of my life.

“It’s so hard watching and now they are going on these trips to Portland (University of Portland on Saturday and at Oregon State on Sunday) and Indiana (Evansville tournament Sept. 28-30).”

CSUN Coach Marwan Ass’ad said he immediately will request a medical redshirt for Davila.

“I’m going to take it to court if I don’t get it,” Davila said. “That would be even more disappointing.”

Davila should qualify because he has appeared in only 9.5% of CSUN’s matches. An NCAA official said that players who appear in less than 20% of their matches are eligible for a redshirt.

“I feel so badly for the kid,” Ass’ad said. “He was having so much fun. . . . We have so much respect and sympathy and empathy for him. We will miss him.”