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Iranian women's fight for liberty is cut from similar cloth to women's battle for justice in sports

This is a column by Shireen Ahmed, who writes opinion for CBC Sports. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ.

As the large banner was unfurled at Providence Park, I couldn't help but be amazed at the events. I was in Portland for work and attended an NWSL game at the home of some of the most politically and socially outspoken supporters groups in all of sports.

There have been cries for accountability from the front office of Portland's two professional soccer teams — the Timbers and the Thorns — from the Rose City Riveters, Timbers Army and Soccer City Accountability Now (SCAN), who are local supporters groups.

The calls for justice are an ongoing response to the 2021 story from The Athletic's Meg Linehan that rocked the women's soccer world about Paul Riley abusing players on the Thorns while he was coaching, and that owners knew and tried to cover up the events. Groups are also demanding that Merritt Paulson sell the team. Buttons, signs and banners plastered with, 'YOU KNEW,' are very pointed and quite clear. 

I sat with my friend Dr. Jules Boykoff, who is a season-ticket holder for both teams, and he explained how the supporters groups are mobilizing.

"WE DESERVE TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE" – Powerful protest banner flying *inside* the stadium today at the Thorns match. Standing up to the front office of the Timbers-Thorns &amp; their gross mishandling of DV &amp; SA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BAONPDX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BAONPDX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RCTID?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RCTID</a> Shoutout to <a href="https://twitter.com/SCANPTFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SCANPTFC</a> for their ongoing activism <a

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