COMMERCE CITY — Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Tim Howard is on schedule in his recovery from a November surgery to repair a fractured right adductor longus, Rapids coach Pablo Mastroeni said last week.

“His recovery is going well and going as planned,” Mastroeni said. “Look forward to continued recovery and getting him back ASAP.”

Howard suffered the injury in a World Cup qualifying match against Mexico on Nov. 11 while taking a goal kick. His surgery was performed Nov. 17 in Los Angeles and was expected to sideline the U.S. national team goalkeeper for four months.

Major League Soccer announced that Howard will speak at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon on Saturday at the Los Angeles Convention Center along with Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore. The conference is billed as the world’s largest annual gathering of soccer coaches and administrators.

Howard will to return to his home in Memphis following the conference, where his progress will be assessed firsthand by the Rapids.

“Chris Sharpe, our goalkeeper coach, will go out and visit him on the 14th and spend a week with him in Memphis to see how things are going,” Mastroeni said.

The surgery typically takes six to eight weeks to heal before rehab can begin, Dr. Eric McCarty, chief of CU Sports Medicine at UCHealth, told the Denver Post in November.

Howard has been posting vacation photos on social media over the last month. He posed for a photo with New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony in late December and traveled to Green Bay last weekend to support the New York Giants.

The Rapids re-signed goalkeeper Zac MacMath to a “long-term” deal this offseason and he would likely see the bulk of playing time in training camp and early in the 2017 season. Howard’s timeline would put his return at mid March at the earliest.

Colorado’s first regular season game is scheduled for March 4 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park against New England Revolution.