Gareth Bale: Fitness concern for Wales skipper one month before World Cup
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Gareth Bale has played only 346 of a potential 1,140 minutes for LAFC since his MLS debut
Gareth Bale's club coach has played down fitness concerns over the Wales captain as the World Cup approaches.
Bale was left out of the squad for Los Angeles FC's MLS conference semi-final against Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday with a leg issue.
"No more injury to report, he should be back in training very soon, in the next couple of days," said LAFC's Steve Cherundolo after a 3-2 victory.
Wales kick off their World Cup campaign against USA on Monday, 21 November.
Bale has made one five-minute appearance for LAFC since playing 90 minutes for Wales against Poland last month.
Wales captain Bale, 33, has made 12 appearances in MLS since his Los Angeles debut against Nashville in July, but has started only two of those games.
The five-time Champions League winner joined the California club in June after his contract with Real Madrid expired following nine years with the Spanish side.
Bale made just seven appearances for Real in his final season, having become a peripheral figure with the La Liga giants, partially because of injury.
However, he scored two brilliant goals in a vintage individual performance to take Wales a step closer to World Cup qualification in March's play-off semi-final win over Austria.
Bale - Wales' all-time leading male goalscorer - then scored the only goal in June as Wales beat Ukraine 1-0 to reach the finals for the first time since 1958.
He has scored two goals for LAFC.
Cherundolo said he expects the Los Angeles club to have a full squad available for their Western Conference final on Monday, 31 October, when they will face either Austin or Dallas, who meet on Monday, 24.
In the Eastern Conference, Philadelphia will play either Montreal or New York City.
The MLS play-off final is on Saturday, 5 November, 16 days before Wales opening game at Qatar 2022.