{"id":86170,"date":"2022-10-04T01:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T01:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/us-soccer-president-cindy-parlow-cone-calls-findings-of-yates-report-first-step\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T01:20:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T01:20:59","slug":"us-soccer-president-cindy-parlow-cone-calls-findings-of-yates-report-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/us-soccer-president-cindy-parlow-cone-calls-findings-of-yates-report-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone calls findings of Yates report ‘first step’"},"content":{"rendered":"
US Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone said Monday that the findings of the investigation by Sally Q. Yates are just a “first step” in changing an environment that allowed the abuse of professional women players to take place unchecked for many years.<\/p>\n
The findings of the USSF-commissioned Yates report, which were released Monday, revealed “a league in which abuse and misconduct — verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct — had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims. Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players.”<\/p>\n
While Cone lauded the thoroughness of the report, in which over 200 witnesses were interviewed, she found the investigation’s findings painful to read.<\/p>\n
“The misconduct and abuse is entirely inexcusable and has no place in soccer on or off the field,” Cone said. “I think this report makes it clear that we need to make systemic changes at every level of our game.<\/p>\n
“This report is just the first step in taking a hard look at the entire soccer ecosystem in this country and what we need to do.”<\/p>\n
The report centered on the behavior of three managers: former Sky Blue FC and Racing Louisville coach Christy Holly, former Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley and Rory Dames, formerly of the Chicago Red Stars.<\/p>\n
– US Soccer investigation finds systemic abuse in NWSL<\/strong><\/p>\n The investigation uncovered significant details about all three managers, but the findings surrounding Holly, in which he is alleged to have groped a Louisville player on multiple occasions, had previously been unreported. He was fired by the club in August 2021.<\/p>\n The report also revealed how Portland, Louisville and Chicago attempted to thwart or delay the work of investigators. Cone noted that the USSF is limited in what it can do to discipline owners or executives who engaged in such behavior.<\/p>\n “A lot of those decisions aren’t up solely to US Soccer,” Cone said in response to whether some individuals would be penalized. “I think the report shows that we have systemic issues beyond any one individual. Do I wish that everyone had cooperated in the investigation? Of course I do. We would have a more full picture of everything. We do have a committee that we’ and set up there we’ll be tasked with looking at disciplinary actions, which I think is important.”<\/p>\n Cone noted that the only power the USSF has over the NWSL is sanctioning the league. Any further discipline will likely come from the NWSL.<\/p>\n “I guess I would say we have influence but not the power to force anything,” she said.<\/p>\n