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Concussions Affect Futbol Players, Too; Players' Careers In Jeopardy
Topic Started: Thursday Oct 28 2010, 03:25 PM (224 Views)
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When Taylor Twellman won Major League Soccer's MVP award in 2005, he threw his head at balls in the penalty box with the force of a bird smacking into a window. That's how the U.S. and New England Revolution forward scored 101 goals in eight MLS seasons -- and how his playing career took an irretrievable turn on Aug. 30, 2008.

In a game against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Twellman beat goalkeeper Steve Cronin to a cross and scored, only for Cronin's fist to slam Twellman in the jaw like a sledgehammer. Twellman staggered and told a teammate that he had a concussion, but he was allowed to stay in the game and played eight more weeks despite dizziness, nausea and headaches.

Since Twellman was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, the player MLS commissioner Don Garber once called "our Tom Brady" has played in only two games over the past two seasons -- and not once in 2010.

He'll soon make a decision over whether he should retire from the sport.


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