Ex-NWSL footballers demand action to protect players from abuse
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Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly call for better protections for players amid sex coercion claims in US women’s football.
Former National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) footballers Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly, who last week went public with allegations of sexual coercion against since-fired head coach Paul Riley, say they want more action taken to protect players.
Shim and Farrelly, speaking on NBC’s Today morning show on Tuesday, said they were grateful for the support they had received since they went public and wanted greater measures in place to prevent such actions from being repeated.
The fallout since the allegations against Riley, which were first reported by The Athletic last Thursday, has included the resignation of NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird and the cancellation of all five of the league’s games last weekend.
