This week, former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates released a damning report about systemic abuse and sexual misconduct in the NWSL. Speaking ahead of the U.S. women’s national team’s Friday game against England at Wembley Stadium, Megan Rapinoe spoke at length about the report, calling for the removal of two team owners cited in the report.
Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson and Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler were hit with extremely troublesome allegations in Yates’s report. Both owners were informed of allegations of abuse of players by the franchise’s coaches but declined to act, according to the report.