{"id":72390,"date":"2026-04-22T08:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/project-acl-nwsl-joins-wsl-in-initiative-aimed-at-expanding-injury-research\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:55:35","slug":"project-acl-nwsl-joins-wsl-in-initiative-aimed-at-expanding-injury-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/project-acl-nwsl-joins-wsl-in-initiative-aimed-at-expanding-injury-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Project ACL: NWSL joins WSL in initiative aimed at expanding injury research"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Effort takes holistic approach to high ACL injury rates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Fifpro first launched project in England in 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Women\u2019s Soccer League is joining the Women\u2019s Super League and the sport\u2019s global players\u2019 union in a three-year research initiative aimed at reducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2024\/sep\/14\/female-footballers-career-ending-injuries\">anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries<\/a> in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>ACL injuries are between two and six times more likely to occur in women than men. While that disparity has often been attributed to biological differences, many in the sport have advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/mar\/27\/sexism-is-the-risk-factor-footballs-race-to-learn-more-about-acl-injuries\">a zoomed-out understanding<\/a> that considers the environmental factors that could contribute to higher injury rates, from pitch standards and weight-room access to schedule congestion and cleat quality.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/22\/project-acl-injuries-nwsl-wsl\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effort takes holistic approach to high ACL injury rates Fifpro first launched project in England in 2024 The National Women\u2019s Soccer League is joining the Women\u2019s Super League and the sport\u2019s global players\u2019 union in a three-year research initiative aimed at reducing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the women\u2019s game. ACL injuries are between &#8230; <a title=\"Project ACL: NWSL joins WSL in initiative aimed at expanding injury research\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/project-acl-nwsl-joins-wsl-in-initiative-aimed-at-expanding-injury-research\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Project ACL: NWSL joins WSL in initiative aimed at expanding injury research\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}