Dec 12 : Women's soccer is grappling with a peculiar problem where elite players are burning out from packed schedules whereas others are struggling with too few matches, creating injury risks at both ends of the spectrum.

A new FIFPRO report on women's player workload monitoring released on Friday revealed that match loads are surging at the soccer pyramid's peak, with top players juggling more games for club and country while getting less recovery time.

However, the flip side presents an equally troubling picture where domestic leagues with insufficient fixtures are failing players through "underload".

"We talk a lot about the players who are exposed to a high workload and that's primarily because they are the highest profile players. We need to keep them fit because they're what peop

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