{"id":294,"date":"2010-03-13T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2010-03-13T11:01:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:01:57","slug":"la-galaxy%e2%80%99s-eskandarian-takes-leave-from-soccer-due-to-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/la-galaxy%e2%80%99s-eskandarian-takes-leave-from-soccer-due-to-concussions.html","title":{"rendered":"LA Galaxy\u2019s Eskandarian Takes Leave From Soccer Due to Concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Alecko Eskandarian, a former University of Virginia soccer star and LA Galaxy player, is taking an indefinite leave from the game after sustaining multiple concussions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.potomacsoccerwire.com\/news\/700\/10387\">http:\/\/www.potomacsoccerwire.com\/news\/700\/10387<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Eskandarian, 27, confirmed that he was taking a leave on his Twitter feed.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cAs some of you have already heard, I haven\u2019t been medically cleared to play pro soccer and am forced to step away from the game at this time,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\r\n<p>Eskandarian was a star at the University of Virginia and won the Hermann Trophy. He was drafted by D.C. United in 2003, and wound up on the LA Galaxy in 2009.<\/p>\r\n<p>He has sustained at least two concussions during his soccer career.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alecko Eskandarian, a former University of Virginia soccer star and LA Galaxy player, is taking an indefinite leave from the game after sustaining multiple concussions. http:\/\/www.potomacsoccerwire.com\/news\/700\/10387 Eskandarian, 27, confirmed that he was taking a leave on his Twitter feed. \u201cAs some of you have already heard, I haven\u2019t been medically cleared to play pro soccer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[493,4,490,491,489,492],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-injury-and-concussion","tag-brain-injury-attorney","tag-concussion-and-soccer","tag-concussion-and-sport","tag-eskandarian-out-due-to-concussions","tag-sport-and-concussion-guidelines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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