© 2025 WCBE 90.5 FM

WCBE is a broadcast service of Columbus City Schools.
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Due to an ongoing technical difficulty, our stream on Apple Music is unavailable. Until this is resolved, we recommend listening via our website or the WCBE App, available on iOS and Android devices.

Concussions A Concern In Women's Soccer

Published December 1, 2017 at 12:33 PM EST
Telstar 18 balls, the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup football tournament, are seen on the field ahead of an international friendly football match between Russia and Argentina in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)
Telstar 18 balls, the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup football tournament, are seen on the field ahead of an international friendly football match between Russia and Argentina in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)

Top-ranked and unbeaten Central Missouri will play in the NCAA women’s soccer Division II title game this weekend. But the team has been fighting another battle affecting women’s soccer everywhere: players sidelined because of concussions.

Greg Echlin from KCUR in Kansas City explains.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Sports