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NWSL releases joint investigative report on misconduct and abuse

On Wednesday, Covington & Burling LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, the Joint Investigative Team between the NWSL and NWSL Players Association, released their investigative report following a 14-month independent investigation into historical and ongoing complaints of discrimination, harassment, abuse, and retaliation in the NWSL.

“Misconduct against players has occurred at the vast majority of NWSL clubs at various times from the earliest years of the League to the present,” the report found.

While much of the 125-page report focuses on the same coaches and clubs mentioned in Sally Yates’ report for U.