Female athletes are two to eight times as likely as male athletes to tear one of the bands of tissue that connect the femur and tibia at the knee, according to studies. Since 2021, at least 87 players from eight of the world’s top women’s soccer leagues have torn their ACLs, The Washington Post reported last summer. That list includes some of the sport’s biggest stars — U.S. national team attacker Catarina Macario, Dutch star Vivianne Miedema and the English duo of Beth Mead and Leah Williamson.
Chelsea’s Sam Kerr the latest women’s soccer star struck by ACL injury
