The NWSL has announced penalties in the wake of the publishing of the findings of the joint NWSL-NWSL Player’s Association investigation, which were released last month.
“As previously disclosed, the Joint Investigative Team found that the failures across the league and U.S. Soccer were largely systemic in nature and made recommendations on several forward-looking and structural reforms to improve the league’s policies and practices,” the league shared in a statement released today.
The punishments handed out by the league range from individual bans, suspensions, and conditional returns for individuals named in the report. Additionally several clubs — including the Portland Thorns — were issued fines due to their roles in the misconduct outlined by the investigative report.