USWNT players ‘horrified, exhausted and really angry’ after NWSL abuse report | USA women’s football team
The USA captain, Becky Sauerbrunn, has demanded root and department reform of elite home soccer in North America after an independent investigation found that emotional abuse and sexual misconduct had develop into systemic all through the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League. “It’s time for these in authority to begin being accountable and make gamers on this league really feel secure,” stated the 37-year-old Portland Thorns defender after she and her US teammates arrived in London to arrange for Friday’s high-profile pleasant towards England at Wembley. “The gamers usually are not doing nicely. We’re horrified, exhausted and actually, actually indignant. “We’re heartbroken and pissed off. We’re indignant it took a third-party investigation and over 200 individuals sharing their trauma to get to the purpose we’re at proper now. Ardour for the sport has been taken away from gamers due to this abuse, we have to convey that pleasure and accessibility again to the sport. The executives perpetuating this ought to be gone.” The investigation, commissioned by the US Soccer Federation and performed by former US deputy legal professional basic Sally Yates, was launched within the wake of allegations made last year towards for the previous Portland Thorns…