The NWSL is in crisis after several coaches fired for abuse

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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), one of the top women's professional soccer leagues in the world, is being rocked by one scandal after another. The league currently consists of 10 teams and of those, six (seven if you count Portland) have had coaches accused of one or more of the following in the past year alone: sexual abuse, sexual

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[scriptedending]

Damn, that is a lot! :/ Thank you for breaking it down, OP, because I've only seen bits and pieces of it on Reddit and Twitter and it's hard to get the full picture when you're a casual fan. Good on Alex Morgan for using her clout to speak up.

It's so depressing that men are the problem in nearly all of these situations when it's a women's soccer league.

[koushiba]

Thank you so much for this post OP! I’ve been trying to get a clear timeline of everything and this really helps.

[outpour]

I’m so proud of Meg for breaking this story. It’s just incredible reporting.

[tifag]

I’ve always disliked Paulson and he will never leave seeing how he owns the Thorns and Timber’s but Wilkinson has to go like yesterday. I’ve been a fan of women’s soccer all my life and while this deeply upsets me it doesn’t surprise me. There are just too many men in positions of power in a league of women with too many opportunities for abuse and a culture that was too wiling to turn a blind eye.

[ohmiya_sg]

Thanks for the detailed summary, OP. It's so gross what these women have had to put up with.