Overview

• Real Madrid's Caroline Weir and Manchester United's Emma Watson suffered ACL injuries while on Scotland duty.
• The injuries will require surgery and may impact their participation in next summer's World Cup.
• ACL tears are common in women's football, also affecting Putellas, Williamson, Mead, Miedema and Katoto recently.
• The ACL injury crisis has struck top players on the England, Spain, Netherlands and France teams.
• With the World Cup less than a year away, teams are concerned about losing star players to serious knee injuries.