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A hard-hitting report commissioned a year ago following allegations of misconduct and harassment in the US Women’s National Soccer League was released on October 3.
With our Washington correspondent, Guillaume Naudin
“The results of the investigation are heartbreaking, infuriating and deeply concerning,” said US Women’s Soccer Federation President Cindy Parlow.
She commissioned the report herself last year, when she took over after the board resigned following allegations of sexual assault by two players against then-England coach Paul Riley, who was sacked by the North Carolina Courage.
Another coach, Richie Burke, who managed the Washington Spirit, was also fired after an investigation for verbal assault and moral harassment.
“Multiple Teams, Coaches, and Victims”
The report prepared by former Justice Department official Sally Yates and the King & Spalding law firm confirms allegations of misconduct, harassment and sexual assault by several female coaches.
It establishes “sexual comments, advances, unwanted touching and forced sexual relations” within the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and outside it, in facilities dedicated to young players.
And what’s worse, he makes new revelations and targets three trainers in particular, who have since had their licenses revoked. These behaviors “have become systemic, encompassing multiple teams, coaches and victims,” Yates wrote in the report, adding that “these abuses within the NWSL are in fact embedded in a deeper culture of women’s soccer.”
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The report further notes that the clubs deliberately obstructed the investigation. It concludes that aggression and misconduct were widespread and systematic at the highest levels of women’s professional soccer. Authorities and team managers did not heed the warnings or punish the coaches who abused the players.
Finally, the report makes a number of recommendations for the future. Now it is up to management to decide which ones to apply. In a first response, the NWSL has pledged “systemic” reforms and says it “continues to admire the courage” of players who have spoken out about abuse and assault.
