"A nine year old boy died November 22, 2019 at the Margaret R. Brown Elementary School in Seymour, IN from injuries he received when a metal soccer goal tipped over and struck him in the head. Witnesses reported that the boy had been hanging on...
Nothing has changed in 28 years. In 2017 tragedy strikes again when unanchored soccer goals accidentally tipped over and killed three kids. A two year old girl was killed on a soccer field in Antioch, TN - a suburb of Nashville. The family was playing...
On March 20, 2015 a 13 year old boy was air lifted from the Eastlake Middle School in Chula Vista, CA after he received severe head injuries when a soccer goal fell on him. It is still unclear how the accident occurred and it is...
COMING SOON SafeSoccer Goals continues to live up to its name by developing the soccer industry’s first Soccer Tip Over Prevention System (S.T.O.PS.) that will securely attach to the rear cross bar of any soccer goal on the market and eliminate accidental tip overs while providing easy...
"15 year old girl dies after soccer goal accident on Bradford, Ontario soccer field” Authorities don’t know how it happened but she was pinned under the crossbar of an overturned goal. Her friend tried to lift the goal but it was too heavy. The young girl...
During the 1970’s and 80’s the sport of soccer exploded in the US prompted by Title IX legislation and a general increased interest in the sport of soccer. High schools and colleges added soccer to their sports programs and youth soccer exploded on the scene....
January 2012 Newton Grove, NC “A third grader died Sunday after a soccer goal fell on his head in Sampson County at 607 Mt. Olive Dr, Newton Grove. Maria Escalera says her son, Juan Escalera, 9, was visiting his cousins and decided to play soccer after...
In response to recent soccer goal accidents and deaths several states have initiated new laws that further mandate or encourage the following of the recommendations of CPSC that were put in place in 1999. In Arkansas the law requires that all soccer goals on public and school...
Another tragic soccer goal death was reported in Bentonville, AR in January 2011 when 9 -year-old Jonathan Nelson died when a portable soccer goal fell on him at the Elm Tree Elementary School. The fourth grader was playing with other school children when the unanchored...
Each New Year brings the hope that we will make the changes necessary to improve our lives. I would sincerely hope that 2011 is the year that we take seriously the safety of our portable soccer goals and create a truly safe environment for the soccer players...