The winter sun was shining. A morning of soccer beckoned. But the guys were butting heads.

“This grass is full of gopher holes. Why can’t we play on the turf?”

“Grass is so much better for my knees.”

The debate about artificial turf injuries crops up again and again. And not just in my weekend pickup soccer gang. Last week, a long list of top players reluctantly knuckled under to FIFA’s demand that they play the Women’s World Cup entirely on artificial turf. Continue reading The Truth About Artificial Turf Injuries →