The owner of the Portland Thorns has announced he is putting the club up for sale, the latest fallout from an investigation into misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League
Mana Shim’s revelations of sexual abuse by her coach helped drive a reckoning in women’s soccer. Her new job at U.S. Soccer should position her to direct change from inside the federation.
The Portland Thorns will play the Kansas City Current for the National Women s Soccer League championship next weekend in Washington, closing out a turbulent and emotionally taxing 10th season.