Sam Kerr suffers ACL injury at training camp in Morocco

Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr suffered an ACL injury at a warm-weather training camp in Morocco, Chelsea confirmed Jan. 7. “Sam will be assessed by a specialist in the coming days and then begin her rehabilitation with the club’s medical team,” the club said in a statement. Since signing with Chelsea in 2019, Kerr has scored 99 goals in …

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USWNT Captain Becky Sauerbrunn to miss World Cup due to foot injury

US Women’s National Team Captain Becky Sauerbrunn has confirmed she will miss this summer’s World Cup due to a foot injury sustained in April. “Heartbroken isn’t even the half of it,” the two-time World Cup winner, Olympic bronze and gold medalist, and three-time NWSL champion said in a statement. “But that’s sports for you and that’s life, really,” the statement …

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The ACL injury crisis in women’s soccer

Excitement is in the air as the Women’s World Cup is just over six weeks away, but many of the sport’s biggest stars will be missing out due to ACL injuries, which have reached a crisis level in women’s soccer. More studies on female athletes are needed (in fact, that’s one of the main problems in addressing the crisis) but …

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