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US women's football probe uncovers 'systemic' abuse and sexual misconduct

WASHINGTON: An independent investigation into allegations of misconduct in US women's football released Monday (Oct 3) found "systemic" abuse and sexual misconduct by coaches.

The probe by former acting US attorney general Sally Yates and the King & Spalding law firm uncovered verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct, including a pattern of "sexually charged comments, unwanted sexual advances and touching and coercive sexual intercourse".

The 172-page report included interviews with more than 200 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) players -many of them members of US national teams - and detailed patterns of abuse from team coaches, manipulation and tirades plus retaliation for those who complained.

"Our investigation has revealed a league in which abuse and misconduct - verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct - had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches and victims," Yates wrote in the report's executive summary.

"Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women's soccer that normalises verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players," she added.

"The players who have come forward to tell their stories have demonstrated great courage. It's now time that the institutions that failed them in the past listen to the players and enact the meaningful reform players deserve."

The investigation began after a 2021 report by The Athletic about abusive behavior and sexual misconduct by former Portland Thorns manager Paul Riley.

That report said complaints were brought to former USSF president Sunil Gulati but no action was taken by USSF against Riley. Although he eventually was fired by the Thorns, Riley was hired to coach another NWSL team.

"The verbal and emotional abuse

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