Chelsea women's soccer coach, player at disconnect regarding romantic relationships between teammates

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In women's soccer, it is not uncommon to see teammates date one another.

United States Women's National Team members Ali Kreiger and Ashlyn Harris were actually married for four years before beginning to divorce last year.

Overseas, Chelsea FC Women's teammates Jess Carter and Ann-Katrin Berger are in a relationship.

However, their manager, Emma Hayes, disapproves.

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Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea, gives instructions during the Barclays FA Women's Super League match against Aston Villa Women at Kingsmeadow on March 28, 2021 in Kingston upon Thames, England. (Catherine Ivill - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

"Player-coach relationships, they're inappropriate, player-to-player relationships are inappropriate…" Hayes said earlier this week.

"One player's in the team, one's not in the team, one might be in the last year of their contract, one might not be. We all know, those of us that have been in the women's game for a long period of time, those things have been happening in dressing rooms. Longer term, it would be ideal... where you don't have to deal with that."

Carter, of course, caught wind of those comments, and wasn't a fan. She liked a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, that criticized Hayes, soon-to-be the manager of the USWNT.

"You don’t have to justify what Emma said btw, it’s a flawed answer no matter how you spin it. There’s a fundamental difference between player-player and player-coach relationships and that’s imbalance of power. She could’ve said anything but that," one liked-post read.

Chelsea's Ann-Katrin Berger, left, and Jess Carter pose with the league trophy