FIFPRO launches Project ACL, aims to ‘shift the narrative’ with study into injuries in women’s soccer

FIFPRO, the global union for soccer players, launched Project ACL on Tuesday, a three-year study that will examine the factors that lead to ACL injuries in women’s soccer and aims to provide the data that will help reduce them.

The union is working in conjunction with England’s Professional Footballers Association, Leeds Beckett University and Nike to fund Project ACL, which will begin by focusing on the approximately 300 players in England’s Women’s Super League. Those players have arguably led the discourse in recent years after several high profile players, including Arsenal’s Leah Williamson and Chelsea’s Mia Fishel, ruptured their ACLs and the project is in direct response to their requests.