U.S. Youth Soccer, Mayo Clinic to discuss new collaboration to reduce concussion risk in sports at Wednesday panel

Experts on youth sports and sports medicine will announce a new collaboration Wednesday to reduce the risks posed by head injuries to the three million children who play soccer.

The National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker featuring a panel of top experts from U.S. Youth Soccer, the Mayo Clinic and other organizations will convene at 10 a.m. Nov. 14 in the Bloomberg Room.

This news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge. Registration is required.

Speakers at the event:

Chris Moore, CEO, U.S. Youth Soccer, the largest youth sports organization in the United States.

Jennifer Wethe – Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist and co-director of the Mayo Clinic Arizona Sports Neurology and Concussion Program and chair of the Athlete Development and Sports Rehabilitation Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Charlie Wund, president and CEO of InjureFree, a technology service involved in risk management for youth sports organizations and school districts.

Shellie Pfohl, president and CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, whose mission is to make athlete wellbeing the centerpiece of our nation’s sports culture.