On Monday, the NWSL announced “corrective action” in response to the league/NWSL Players Association’s Joint Investigative Report released in December 2022. As previously reported, the Joint Investigative Team found failures across the league and made 39 systemic recommendations to the league to address those issues.
One of those was around discipline to individuals and organizations who perpetuated systemic abuse and mistreatment of players, and today the NWSL has imposed individual bans and suspensions, club fines, and conditions for certain individuals to be eligible for future work in the league.
Four coaches received permanent bans from the NWSL: Paul Riley, Christy Holly, Rory Dames, and Richie Burke.