Players in the National Women's Soccer League are speaking out after a head coach was fired following troubling allegations of verbal abuse and sexual coercion.
and verbal abuse. Riley has coached multiple teams across different women's professional leagues since 2006 and was the NWSL's coach of the year in 2017 and 2018.
"It hurts my heart knowing that this has happened to so many players in this league," Orlando Pride goalkeeper Erin McLeod told Sam Brock on TODAY Monday."And it continues to happen up until a few weeks ago, and it’s unforgivable.”In the wake of Riley's firing, NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird resigned over the weekend without comment. The league also announced Sunday night that it has hired former U.S.
"How do we know that if we turn up to work every day that this is not going to happen to us, or it’s not going to happen again?" NJ/NY Gotham FC midfielder McCall Zerboni said on TODAY."Because it did happen again and again and again. And no one in a position of power or ability stopped it.”on Sept. 30, saying the league was notified about accusation against Riley"multiple times.
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