MLS star Eduard Lowen reveals heartbreaking news that his wife is being treated for brain cancer

MLS star Eduard Lowen has announced that his wife has brain cancer.

Lowen, who plays for St. Louis City SC, hasn't seen the field in over two months.

He told reporters on Thursday that his wife, Ilona, is, 'doing well at the moment, thank God. She's doing really well and we'll see how it's progressing.'

The German midfielder added, 'I appreciate this setting also a lot, because I know that I can talk very openly about it... where I come from [Germany], it's never as easy to talk about stuff like that, and as openly, because many times it gets seen as weakness.

Lowen said that his wife's health had gotten 'worse and worse' as she dealt with 'severe headaches,' and she ended up having surgery in early April.

Eduard Lowen announced the heartbreaking news about his wife on Thursday afternoon

Lowen said his wife Ilona was 'doing well at the moment' during a press conference

The midfielder requested prayers for Ilona during the press conference, and added that his wife was happy to see him playing again. 

Lowen and his wife appear to have a son based on a post from his Instagram.

He also thanked the St. Louis organization and his teammates for not rushing him back.

After Lowen was ruled out with a (legitimate) hamstring injury in March, St. Louis coach Bradley Carnell said via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the following month, 'Edu, we've given him a bit of space, he needs to deal with some things away from the field right now, and that's where we'd like to leave that discussion.'

Lowen said on Thursday, 'Being out on the pitch and having fun with the guys and thinking about something else is amazing. And I'm very, very thankful that I can be healthy again.'

Lowen, 27, moved to MLS last year after stops with Nurmberg, Augsburg, Hertha Berlin and Bochum in the Bundesliga.

He starred last season, scoring six goals and registering nine assists as St. Louis finished first in the Western Conference, but has played just three games this season.