About the Authors

Matthew Andrew

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

matthew.andrew@mmu.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport, Manchester, United Kingdom

Samuel Wood

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport, Manchester, United Kingdom

José M. Oliva-Lozano

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Innovation Department, United States of America Soccer Federation, Chicago, United States of America

Mirelle Van Rijbroek

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bay Football Club, San Francisco Bay, United States of America

Rick Cost

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Innovation Department, United States of America Soccer Federation, Chicago, United States of America

Matthew J. Reeves

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Applied Sport, Physical Activity, and Performance, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, Department of Physical Sport Sciences, College of Sport Sciences & Physical Activity, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: José Oliva-Lozano is currently an employee of United States Soccer, and Rick Cost and Mirelle Van Rijbroek were employees of United States Soccer at the time of data collection. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.