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Report Details ‘Systemic’ Abuse of Players in Women’s Soccer

A yearlong investigation found U.S. Soccer executives, N.W.S.L. owners and coaches at all levels of American soccer had turned a blind eye toward years of reports of abuse from players.

The Portland Thorns and Houston Dash paused their N.W.S.L. match last October to honor sexual abuse survivors and protest the league’s handling of complaints.Credit...Soobum Im/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

One coach called in a player to review game film and showed her pornography instead. Another was notorious at the highest levels of women’s soccer for alternately berating his players and then quizzing them about their sex lives.