'Horrified and heartbroken.' Allegations of abuse shake U.S. women's soccer
conducted at the request of U.S. Soccer by Yates and international law firm King & Spalding, where Yates is a partner in the firm’s special matters and government investigations practice
The investigation homed in on three coaches. One is Paul Riley, former coach of the Portland Thorns, Western New York Flash, and the North Carolina Courage. Dames also ran a youth team, the Eclipse Select Soccer Club. According to the report, former Eclipse players said he insulted them and created a “sexualized team environment—in which he spoke to players about foreplay, oral sex, and their sex lives.” This environment “crossed the line to sexual relationships in multiple cases, though these relationships may have begun after the age of consent.”In 2016, Christy Holly was named head coach of the NWSL’s Sky Blue team, based in New Jersey. .
“He requested that she meet him to review game film at his house, and showed her pornography instead, masturbating in front of her before she left,” the report alleges. “In another incident, again under the pretense of watching game film, he touched her genitals and breasts each time she made an errant pass in the video. In other circumstances, he grabbed and groped her in public, but out of view.
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