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Settlement creates $5M US fund for NWSL players abused by coaches, officials

The U.S. National Women's Soccer League will establish a $5-million US fund for players as part of a settlement that stemmed from allegations of emotional and sexual misconduct that rocked the league in 2021.

Attorneys general from Washington, D.C., Illinois and New York announced the settlement with the league on Wednesday.

The funds will go to players who experienced abuse. The settlement also requires the league to maintain safeguards put into place following a pair of investigations released in late 2022 that found widespread misconduct that impacted multiple teams, coaches and players.

It also gives the attorneys general, Brian L. Schwalb of Washington, D.C., Letitia James of New York and Kwame Raoul of Illinois, the ability to oversee changes that the NWSL made after the scandal broke, and the ability to fine the league if it fails to uphold those changes.

"Two separate investigations confirmed what the players had been experiencing and reporting for years. Systemic leaguewide failures that permitted a culture of inappropriate and abusive behaviour, including verbal abuse, sexual assault, harassment, coercion, retaliation and discrimination with no clear mechanisms in place for player safety," Schwalb said on a conference call with reporters.

"Following the 2022 report, the league has made critical improvements, largely due to the players' fierce advocacy. But importantly, the victims have never been compensated for the abuse they endured on the league's watch until today."

A pair of former players, Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim, came forward in 2021 and accused longtime NWSL head coach Paul Riley of sexual harassment and coercion dating a decade.

Riley, who has denied the allegations, was fired by the North

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