Nine U.S. women’s national team stars penned a letter to United States Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone and candidate/former president Carlos Cordeiro concerning Washington Post reporter Molly Hensley-Clancy’s Tuesday report concerning allegations against former Red Stars coach Rory Dames.
The ex-coach was accused by former youth players of sexual, verbal and emotional misconduct in the 1990s and 2000s.
“U.S. Soccer had the obligation to protect its players—yet it stood by as abuse continued to occur unchecked,” the players wrote. Pertaining to Dames and the multiple NWSL coaches accused of abuse over the last year, they alleged that the USSF “failed to do the bare minimum—to keep us and the young girls who play in the youth leagues safe.