Retired Soccer Star Briana Scurry on Her Post-Concussion Depression

For a long time, retired soccer star Briana Scurry wondered if her post-injury depression was physiological from the hit to her head or because her professional soccer career was over.

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Posted on BrainLine January 22, 2014.

Produced by Christian Lindstrom, Justin Rhodes, and Victoria Tilney McDonough, BrainLine.

About the author: Briana Scurry

Briana Scurry is widely thought of as one of the world’s best female soccer goalkeepers. After being named starting goalkeeper for the United States women’s national soccer team in 1994, she helped lead the team in two Olympic gold medals (1996 and 2004), a World Cup  championship (1999), and she had 173 international appearances — a record among female soccer players.

Black and white headshot of Briana Scurry