Yanci, J, Castillo, D, Iturricastillo, A, and Reina, R. Evaluation of the official match external load in soccer players with cerebral palsy. J Strength Cond Res 33(3): 866-873, 2019-The aims of this study were to analyze the official match external loads (i.e., total distance, distance covered at different speeds, accelerations, decelerations, player load [PL], peak metabolic power, and changes of direction [CODs]) of football players with cerebral palsy (CP) and to determine the external loads according to playing time (i.e., <20, 20-40, and >40 minutes). The external load of 31 international football players with CP (23.0 ± 6.6 years; 69.1 ± 9.0 kg; 174.8 ± 7.3 cm) was analyzed during a World Championship Qualification Tournament (n = 8 matches, 58 individual observations). Results showed that the football players with CP covered less distance at high-intensity running and sprinting, performing a smaller number of moderate and high-intensity accelerations and decelerations, had a lower PL, and performed fewer CODs in official matches compared with conventional football players as reported in other studies. The number of minutes played by the players (i.e., <20, 20-40, and >40 minutes) could significantly influence the players' match external load (effect size = 0.3-5.5, small to extremely large). The impairments presented by football players with CP affect players' match external loads, especially in short-term high-intensity neuromuscular actions.