Abuse, Misconduct, And A Championship: The Portland Thorns Rise Above
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🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This past weekend, the Portland Thorns won their third NWSL championship -- a league record. But what made the achievement even more remarkable is the fact that it came less than a month after a bombshell report, conducted by former Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates, revealed systemic abuse and misconduct within the NWSL and within the Thorns organization. Today, The Athletic’s Meg Linehan, whose reporting helped trigger that investigation, joins us to discuss the report’s deeply disturbing findings, what it means for the future of the league, and how the Thorns players were able to rise above and reclaim the narrative on championship weekend.
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| 0:32.6 | Berlin, go celebrate this night, belong to the Thorns as Portland. |
| 0:47.2 | Once again, rise to the top of the National Women's Soccer League, winning their record |
| 0:51.6 | third, NWSL Championship. |
| 0:55.4 | As past weekend, the Portland Thorns once again showed that they are the toast of the NWSL. |
| 1:01.0 | But what made this achievement even more remarkable is the fact that it came less than a month |
| 1:05.7 | after the release of a bombshell report. |
| 1:10.0 | Heartbreaking and deeply troubling, that is what the U.S. soccer president is calling |
| 1:13.8 | the findings of an independent investigation that reveals systemic abuse and misconduct |
| 1:18.6 | by coaches in the top tier of women's professional soccer. |
| 1:23.0 | Some were acting attorney general Sally Q. Yates led the independent investigation, which |
| 1:28.1 | interviewed more than 200 people and found the National Women's Soccer League under the |
| 1:32.6 | U.S. soccer federation failed to provide a safe environment for players. |
| 1:37.9 | Today, the Athletics Meg Lennahan, who is reporting helped trigger that investigation, |
| 1:43.0 | joins us to discuss the report's deeply disturbing findings. |
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