As the assistant coach of Montgomery Central, I can report that our keeper is at home and doing well. She has regained all movement and feeling. The diagnosis is a really bad stinger (thus the initial loss of feeling and movement) and a deep bruise to the base of the neck/top of the spinal cord, where the contact was made. We'll have to watch over the next couple of day for any symptoms like headaches, tingling, etc. but she should make a full recovery and be on the field next year (along with the other 10 starters...so we'll see you next year White House ).
The ref made the right decision by not making a call. It was an even challenge on a breakaway, just an unfortunate chain of events. In making the stop, our goalie tucked her chin to her chest to protect her face, which was still healing from a tender orbital bone after being kicked. The White House player made contact on the back of her head and neck pusing it down and in farther.
And yes, 45 minutes is a long time to wait for an ambulance. However, we were at East Robertson High School (far away from any hospital our ambulance bay I know of) and the EMT First Responders were there fairly quickly. Plus, the athletic trainer on site was awesome. She reacted quickly and efficiently. She even came with us to the hospital to ensure everything was okay.
I hate that our season had to end this way because holding White House to a 1-0 lead at halftime was a huge victory for us. We would have liked to have played a full game but we as coaches knew there was no way either team was going to be able to respond after witnessing a traumatic injury. Heck, I probably couldn't even have responded. Good luck to White House in the finals! They deserve to be there and I hope they represent the district well. The team and their fans were a class act last night.