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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heading the ball is banned in our league (at least up through my oldest sons age, he is 9). [/quote]

Same here but your kid won't be 9 forever, and I guarantee you'll be as concerned about his brain when he's 13 as you are when he's 9. Our club banned heading the ball just this year for U11/2006 and under, but sadly, [b] nothing magical happens the day your kid turns 12 that protects his/her head[/b] from so-called sub-concussive injury from repeatedly heading the ball. If you watch a decent quality high school or upper-age-brackets travel game, you'll see the ball in the air all the time, with players taking it on the head repeatedly during the game. Sure, it's not Barca or Premiere League soccer--that's an issue for another day--but it's how teenagers are apparently being taught to play in the US, and it's increasingly proving to be dangerous.

Will US Soccer as a whole take a stand on this?[/quote]

???  They already have.  [/quote]

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