The players of the Portland Thorns today issued a statement providing an update on the demands the players made in October.
In October 2021, all of the Thorns players released a statement on social media that demanded accountability and transparency from the Portland Thorns front office and their role in the events that led to the abuse of Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly. Meg Linehan of The Athletic broke the story.
The players demanded that former Thorns general manager and current Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson be put on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation, increased diversity in upper management, and a seat at the table for players to increase transparency and inner-organization cooperation.