Yates NWSL abuse fallout – Players, sponsors speak; execs fired
The aftershocks from the release Monday of the Yates Report into abuse in the National Women's Soccer League are still reverberating throughout the sport.Not only have players on the U.S. women's national team reacted to the report's disclosures of systemic verbal, emotional and sexual abuse of the league's players, but fans, sponsors, domestic violence experts and politicians are speaking out about how to process this and move forward, particularly as it relates to the involvement of three teams at the heart of the investigation: the Chicago Red Stars, Portland Thorns and Racing Louisville.- USSF report finds systemic abuse in NWSL- USSF president calls report 'first step' towards changeFor years, the Red Stars organization persisted with Rory Dames as manager despite numerous complain...