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A #WOSO fan sharing data on ACL injuries in women's football. Trying to raise awareness on the issue & prevention programs. Not active much here yet, but starting to.

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Sorry I just saw your reply.
For Loera it was indeed the same knee. Not the case for every player who had 2 ACL injuries in my list.
Don't know healing wise, but mentally I guess it's probably tougher when it's both knees. But I'm just guessing. It probably depends on the player too.

06.06.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right now, I have 28 players who had 2 ACL injuries since 2022. Out of 610 ACL injuries listed.
Some of them got re-injured during or just after rehab, others got to play for months and then got another ACL injury.

A lot of these players have had more than 1 ACL injury in their careers though.

22.05.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
In 2022:
at least 167 players suffered an ACL injury

In 2023:
at least 177 players suffered an ACL injury

In 2024:
at least 197 players suffered an ACL injury

541 ACL injuries found in 3 years

66 additions to the list since September 2024

195 of these players have NT experience

Let's take a look πŸ‘‡

In 2022: at least 167 players suffered an ACL injury In 2023: at least 177 players suffered an ACL injury In 2024: at least 197 players suffered an ACL injury 541 ACL injuries found in 3 years 66 additions to the list since September 2024 195 of these players have NT experience Let's take a look πŸ‘‡

Well into January 2025, let's take a look at the list of ACL injuries in #WOSO in the last 3 years.

We have at least 541 ACL injuries since January 2022, 197 found in 2024, and already 5 in 2025 (but not taken into account here)

A short 🧡 πŸ‘‡

25.01.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Still, I find it very interesting that every NWSL team has had at least one ACL injury in the last 3 years, apart from San Diego Wave. Don't know if they do/did something different, but if it's the case, it has been working.

29.01.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

not be good for players: flying across the USA every week might not be the best way to rest between games.

But it could also just be that it's the league where it's easier to find out about the ACL injuries because of the mandatory injury reports.

29.01.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Project ACL is focusing on the WSL (for now?) , their results might still be useful but may not answer to the NWSL specific issue, if there is one.

My guess about the NWSL would be a combination of training methods (in 2023 half of the injuries happened in preseason) and a schedule that may

29.01.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've compared the leagues with the most ACL injuries a few months ago over Twitter. I've done it for the September to May leagues and the "annual" ones (with the Liga MX in the wrong category, I realized it later). Here are the global numbers and ratios:

27.01.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I've compared the leagues with the most ACL injuries a few months ago over Twitter. I've done it for the September to May leagues and the "annual" ones (with the Liga MX in the wrong category, I realized it later). Here are the global numbers and ratios:

27.01.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Now realizing that the last couple of replies may show that I've been looking way too much into ACL injuries lately... πŸ€¨πŸ˜³πŸ˜…

26.01.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh and even without a ball given the amount of news I see about ACL injuries in gymnastics and wrestling for example.

And there's Aubrey Plaza's case who surprised a lot of people.

26.01.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I've seen news of coaches, at least one referee and a club's president getting an ACL injury (although: mostly men) so I'm not surprised anymore πŸ˜‚

26.01.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is, yeah 😟

25.01.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least you didn't get confused about the actress with the same name πŸ˜†

The usual numbers from research say that it's 2 to 8 times higher in WOSO.

25.01.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading, liking and sharing this, it is deeply appreciated.

25.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And lastly, a closer look to the National Team players.

195 ACL injuries happened to players with National Team experience (at least one cap) between January 2022 and December 2024.

Some of these players don't play with their NT anymore.

25.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
2024: at least 197 ACL injuries

2024: at least 197 ACL injuries

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And now, the 197 ACL injuries in 2024, with 63 additions since September (last list posted):

Some of the "big" names added:
Risa Shimizu, Sophie Ingle, Aurora Galli, Andi Sullivan, CloΓ© Lacasse, Kadeisha Buchanan, Lorena BenΓ­tez, Malia Steinmetz, Nesryne El Chad, Barbara Dunst, Estelle Cascarino

25.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
2023: at least 177 ACL injuries

2023: at least 177 ACL injuries

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Here are the 177 ACL injuries in 2023

25.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
2022: at least 167 ACL injuries

2022: at least 167 ACL injuries

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Here are the 167 ACL injuries in 2022:

25.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
In 2022:
at least 167 players suffered an ACL injury

In 2023:
at least 177 players suffered an ACL injury

In 2024:
at least 197 players suffered an ACL injury

541 ACL injuries found in 3 years

66 additions to the list since September 2024

195 of these players have NT experience

Let's take a look πŸ‘‡

In 2022: at least 167 players suffered an ACL injury In 2023: at least 177 players suffered an ACL injury In 2024: at least 197 players suffered an ACL injury 541 ACL injuries found in 3 years 66 additions to the list since September 2024 195 of these players have NT experience Let's take a look πŸ‘‡

Well into January 2025, let's take a look at the list of ACL injuries in #WOSO in the last 3 years.

We have at least 541 ACL injuries since January 2022, 197 found in 2024, and already 5 in 2025 (but not taken into account here)

A short 🧡 πŸ‘‡

25.01.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Hi there!

Thanks to all those following this account before I even started posting. This will start today with the full list of ACL injuries found between January 2022 and December 2024.

For now I'm don't think I'll post each new injuries like on Twitter (it's too much), but we'll see how it goes.

25.01.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0