Achilles tendon injuries in Major League Soccer: A 10-year analysis of injury rate, return to play, and performance metrics

Authors

• Brian Forsythe, Rush University
• Catherine Hand, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Francis Hand, Rush University
• Henry Eilen, Rush University
• Matthew Varano, Rush University
• Jared Sasaki, New York Medical College
• Camden Bohn, Indiana University
• Anne Timmermann, University of Chicago
• Lauren Fertig, Rush University
• Eric Giza, University of California, Davis
• Robert H Brophy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Bert Mandelbaum, Cedars-Sinai
• Kirk McCullough, Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute

Journal

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Publication Date

8-1-2026

Volume

14

Issue

8

First Page

23259671261449641

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1177/23259671261449641

Rights and Permissions

Forsythe B, Hand C, Hand F, et al. Achilles Tendon Injuries in Major League Soccer: A 10-year Analysis of Injury Rate, Return to Play, and Performance Metrics. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2026;14(8). doi:10.1177/23259671261449641. © The Author(s) 2026. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work as published without adaptation or alteration, without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

Recommended Citation

Forsythe, Brian; Hand, Catherine; Hand, Francis; Eilen, Henry; Varano, Matthew; Sasaki, Jared; Bohn, Camden; Timmermann, Anne; Fertig, Lauren; Giza, Eric; Brophy, Robert H; Mandelbaum, Bert; and McCullough, Kirk, "Achilles tendon injuries in Major League Soccer: A 10-year analysis of injury rate, return to play, and performance metrics." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 14, 8. 23259671261449641 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7270

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)