The fall was as swift as it was inevitable. From the moment Dell Loy Hansen took to the airwaves (his own) last Thursday morning, his days as an MLS, USL and NWSL owner were numbered. When he blasted Real Salt Lake players for peacefully protesting, threatened other Utah Soccer Holdings employees and questioned his own commitment to continue funding the MLS side, his mandate and legitimacy as a steward of three U.S. soccer teams was damaged at its foundation.
Hours later, it was annihilated. His initial comments were so damning and self-destructive, they emboldened others with more ruinous information to come forward.