In recent months, the prevalence of player abuse in the National Women’s Soccer League became frightfully apparent.
Though players returned to the field on Wednesday after taking the weekend off in the wake of sexual-misconduct allegations against since-fired North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley, the reckoning remains far from over — as evidenced by player protests in all three games.
Over the past few months, one coach was fired for verbal abuse, another was dismissed after making inappropriate comments and a general manager was also fired following an investigation connected to the league’s anti-harassment policy.
And that’s not including Riley.
Dr. Gretchen Kerr,
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