""Maybe sometimes we do play too many games in a congested fixture schedule. There's not enough recovery time," said Chelsea's Walsh. "You can do the research, but ultimately you need to listen to the ones going through it and how we can best find the solutions.""
""Sometimes as players you do worry about it," said Walsh. "It's a difficult one. You still want to play those games. You still want to play week in, week out and on the big occasions. "But sometimes people higher up do need to listen to what we're saying as players.""
Katie Reid, 19, tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in training and is ruled out for the season. She is the seventh player, including Michelle Agyemang, to suffer an ACL injury since the start of the Women's Super League season. Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh warned that congested fixture schedules and insufficient recovery time increase injury risk and urged decision-makers to listen to players for solutions. Arsenal played 58 matches this season, up from 52 the previous season, while Alessia Russo and Beth Mead added six matches for England at Euro 2025. Research indicates female players face two to six times higher ACL risk than males. Fixture organisation involves WSL Football, UEFA and FIFA, and similar scheduling concerns have been raised in men's football.
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