Key Points:
• The most frequent noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury was related to pressing, during which the
opponent made a deceiving action, which suggested poor inhibitory control of the defender.
• Attentional errors may cause a lack of temporospatial awareness of the direction of the player’s movements,
potentially compromising motor control and leading to ACL injury.
• Soccer players should delay their response until sufficient kinematic cues emerge from the opponent in relation to
their contextual information to reduce the risk of sustaining an ACL injury.
