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Meg Linehan
@meglinehan.com

Spent the day trying to determine how the call got made to continue last night's Angel City game following Savy King's medical event and what policies apply, with @aslipelit.bsky.social. In short, the league and commissioner Jessica Berman had the power to call it. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

nytimes.comAfter Savy King’s on-field collapse, why wasn’t Angel City’s match cancelled?The 20-year-old went down in the 74th minute of the game but play resumed 11 minutes later. We explain how that decision was taken and why.

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Meg Linehan
@meglinehan.com

While the 2025 competition rules (public) implied that there was a way out of finishing the game, the internal operations manual gives leeway to the NWSL and commissioner to make decisions on a case-by-case basis — even as it calls for "every effort" to keep playing. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

nytimes.comAfter Savy King’s on-field collapse, why wasn’t Angel City’s match cancelled?The 20-year-old went down in the 74th minute of the game but play resumed 11 minutes later. We explain how that decision was taken and why.