Soccer Teams Pause Game in Support of Players Who Accused Fired Coach of Sexual Misconduct
that she experienced "multiple incidents where she felt coerced into having sex with her coach."
Additionally, Mana said, "I felt from the beginning like I owed him." The publication wrote that according to the women, "Riley led Shim and Farrelly back to his apartment after a night of drinking and asked them to kiss each other for him in exchange for the team not having to do a grueling conditioning exercise."
On Sept. 30, Paul was fired by the Courage "following very serious allegations of misconduct," according to the team's statement. The coach toldthat the majority of the allegations against him are "completely untrue," adding in an email, "I have never had sex with, or made sexual advances towards these players."
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