Overview

• Swiss striker Ramona Bachmann will miss Women’s Euro 2025 after tearing her ACL less than three weeks before kickoff
• Unions and governing bodies are shifting focus from biological explanations to controllable factors such as scheduling, travel load and pitch quality
• Teams are integrating neuromuscular warm-up protocols like FIFA’s 11+ and the Swedish Knee Control Programme to slash ACL injury rates by up to 70 percent
• Project ACL partners including FIFPRO, the PFA, Nike and Leeds Beckett University are extending studies beyond England’s Super League to assess environmental and psychological risks
• Stakeholders are calling for mandatory minimum standards on physiotherapy availability and playing surfaces to ensure safer environments across elite women’s football