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Concussions A Concern In Women's Soccer

By editor • Dec 2, 2017
  • 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)
Originally published on December 1, 2017 3:09 pm

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.

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