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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I have heard that concussions are a major and increasing issue in soccer, and this has me curious about whether the effects are the same as what we have seen in hockey and football. Are soccer players developing symptoms of CTE in later years? Are there incidents of former professional soccer players seeing their lives fall apart after retirement and resort to living on the street like Joe Murphy? Are there reports of suicides and drug overdoses for former professional soccer players similar to those of Derek Boogard, Steve Montador, Wade Belak, Mike Webster, Terry Long, or Junior Seau?
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In short, no. That's not to say there's absolutely no talk or no evidence of it, but I struggle to think of even one well known case. There has been increased discussion and certainly the sport should not let clearly concussed players back on the pitch, which is what mostly happens now. But it does not seem to be a major risk.
In general retired soccer players seem to have much less problems than retired hockey players, but Im not going to claim that's based on anything tangible.