G.O.A.L.S. is dedicated to providing essential athletic training to female athletes. By creating a collaborative effort, G.O.A.L.S. harnesses the abilities, knowledge and experience, of Professional Soccer Players, Leading College and University Coaches, Well-known exercise scientists, researchers, health professionals, soccer coaches and local athletic leaders to provide unparalleled accuracy, approach and accessibility in an advantageous, hands-on learning atmosphere. We set a new standard in athletic training.

Induction of Title IX provided female athletics a well-deserved boost. In particular, the number of female soccer players continues to grow exponentially.  Female athletes however, are two and one half to nine times more likely to suffer from non-contact ACL injury than a male executing the same activity.  This prominent risk plus the swell in participation created an astonishing rise in ACL injuries among female athletes. Unfortunately, ACL reconstruction and rehabilitation has grown to a $700 million industry.        

To help fight these injuries G.O.A.L.S. developed a unique collaborative approach that joins the minds of the best exercise scientists, coaches and players in the world and promises to:

1. Increase awareness of the current trend
2. Disseminate accurate injury prevention and health related information
3. Tie information to essential soccer specific skills

We at G.O.A.L.S. appreciate your interest and look forward to spreading the word, seeing you on the field and making a difference for female athletes.

"We have a lot of work to do. Consider the following:”

10 Shocking Facts About ACL Injuries

1. Female athletes between the ages of 15 and 25 will sustain more than half of the total number of ACL injuries in the entire United States this year.
   
   
2. Once an ACL injury is sustained, the likelihood of reinjury is much greater.
   
   
3. An injury of this nature will occur in 1 in every 70 varsity female athletes. (There are roughly 50,000 current female high school soccer players in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia)
   
   
4. The chance of an ACL injury occurring is 4 times higher in high school than in college for female athletes.
   
   
5. A conservative cost for this type of injury is $17,000 per patient.  This injury has been linked to immediate ramifications such as lowered academic performance, potential loss of playing time over seasons, as well as an increase in long term disability and osteoarthritis.
   
   
6. Soccer and basketball account for over 2/3 of these injuries in female athletes.
   
   
7. There will be enough non-contact ACL injuries in the country this year to account for every graduating girl in Camden Catholic High School for the next 20 years.
   
   
8. The female athlete is 2.4 to 9.5 times more likely to sustain an injury of this type than a male executing the same activity.
   
   
9. 6 out of 10 injuries in female soccer are ACL related.
   
   
10. 78% of ACL injured athletes develop osteoarthritis within 12 years of the injury, of which 80% suffered from knee symptoms that affected their quality of life.

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