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monitor these marches and bring you the very latest as they come. so, the national women s soccer league has called off all five games slated for this weekend amid widespread allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, predominantly at the hands of male coaches. earlier this week, the north carolina courage fired coach paul riley over claims of sexual coercion, spanning multiple teams and going back more than a decade. nbc s sam brock has more. reporter: well these accusations are now serious enough that fifa is investigating. women from three different teams spanning a decade of paul riley s career speaking out against alleged inappropriate behavior and coercion and just as disturbing, the league was told about what was happening and failed to act in a meaningful way. there was this culture of both normalized behavior but also verbal abuse that everyone else really spoke to.
filed to act. there won t be any national women soccer league games this weekend. all five matches have been suspended after a damning report in the athletic, where reporter meg linehan speaks to a dozen women who says north carolina coach paul riley sent inappropriate pictures and made remarks about their weight. it was this culture of normalized behavior but also verbal abuse that everyone else really spoke to. for two players, the accusations were more serious t. farley in particular spoke of instances of sexual coercion. the first time that she felt coerced, that s the word that she uses, that they went into a room together and something happened in that room, and then it happened again two more times. riley was fired on thursday. nbc news was unable to reach him for comment. he vehemently denied any suggestion he slept with or
from within professional womens soccer. but a toxic culture with verbal abuse focused on personal relationships, a focus on weight, all of this lowering of boundaries of drinking out with the team. and then on top of that this pattern of sexual coercion where he sent a photo to both players a few years apart. so there really are patterns from team to team as he was able to move throughout the game. i want to hone in on this point you made in your piece which is that for most of the last two decades, quote, one of women s soccer governing mores has been a willingness to stay silent as. as the sport fails, tried again to gain traction in the united states any controversy was viewed as a threat to the sport s existence. and quote, it was more than hiding the truth, it was putting on a happy face while doing that. talk about the pressure these
kornacki, thanks as always. accusations of sexual coercion have thrown the women s soccer league into disarray. how men rule the sport and allegedly fail their players. what s driving the sentiment this time among some nba star players. that s next. star players. that s next. e. (woman) you have? (burke) sure, this is the part where all is lost and the hero searches for hope. then, a mysterious figure reminds her that she has the farmers home policy perk, guaranteed replacement cost. and that her home will be rebuilt, regardless of her limits or if the cost of materials has gone up. (woman) that s really something. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. wait, i didn t ruin the ending, did i? (woman) yeah, y-you did. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum tonight, i ll be eating a buffalo chicken panini with extra hot sauce. tonight, i ll be eating salmon sushi with a japanese jiggly cheesecake. (doorbell rings) jolly good.