CTE Heads To The MLS – First MLS Player Diagnosed With CTE

By Tara Hessenthaler and Dylan Henry, of Montgomery McCracken Researchers at the Boston University (BU) CTE Center have reported they found evidence of CTE in ex-MLS (Major League Soccer) player Scott Vermillion’s brain in a posthumous autopsy. This is a milestone discovery, as it would mark the first CTE diagnosis in the MLS. As with most CTE diagnoses, the BU CTE Center could not link the diagnosis to any one hit, but believes it is the result of repeated subconcussive blows to the head d