'Project ACL' will study women's soccer teams with hopes of reducing knee injuries
by editors@theworld.org (Bianca Hillier) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6MNQZ)
ACL tears are an ugly constant in the beautiful game of soccer. The anterior cruciate ligament is located in the knee, and can be torn during stops and starts and sudden changes in direction. The injury plagues teams everywhere, but women are 2-6 times more likely to tear their ACLs than men. A new project seeks to find out why. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.