North Carolina Courage coach fired over sexual misconduct allegationsAFP, LOS ANGELESThe North Carolina Courage on Thursday fired head coach Paul Riley after fresh allegations of sexual misconduct swept across the top professional women’s soccer league in the US. He is the second NWSL coach to be dismissed this week after the league terminated Washington Spirit coach Richie Burke’s contract following an investigation into allegations of verbal and emotional abuse. The Athletic reported that two players, Sinead Farrelly and Meleana “Mana” Shim, had made allegations of inappropriate behavior against Riley. Farrelly, who played for Riley at three different teams in different leagues, accused the coach of “sexual coercion” while he was her coach at the Philadelphia Independence. Riley told her “we’re taking this to our graves” after the incident.

Source: Taipei Times October 01, 2021 15:56 UTC