Well, that story is most likely false. And if it's not false, those high school coaches/trainers should be indicted. Oh, it's false. There's no doubt in my mind about that. I had a teammate in high school who blew out his knee over the summer and was barely able to run cross country (you know, straight forward running with no cutting on potentially uneven ground) that fall and had surgery on the knee 2 days after our last meet. There's no way in hell you could even think about playing soccer with no ACL.