Paul Riley & The NWSL: 'A Pattern Of Control & Silence'
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Dan Bardell and Flo Lloyd-Hughes are joined by The Athletic's NWSL & Women's Soccer Correspondent, Meg Linehan, to discuss the impact of and fall-out from her sensational story that has brought the league to a standstill...
Meg reflects on the harrowing details from her piece, it's place in the wider context of protecting women in all walks of society and how the swell of support from across the globe can shape the future of women's soccer.
Also, as The Athletic marks Black History Month, you'll hear an extended clip from an exclusive interview between Adam Leventhal and Troy Deeney - on the continuing fight for equality.
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| 0:00.0 | Just a brief disclaimer that this particular episode of The Athletic Football Podcast contains discussions about sexual abuse, coercive control and other distressing topics. Hello, I'm Dan Bardell. |
| 0:26.2 | And I'm Flo Lloyd Hughes. |
| 0:27.6 | And welcome to the Athletic Football podcast where every Wednesday, |
| 0:30.5 | Flo and myself, pick up one article from all the writing available on the athletic |
| 0:33.9 | and put the authors under the spotlight. |
| 0:36.1 | Yeah, and this week it felt like there was only one piece really to talk about |
| 0:39.0 | because last week Meg Linahan, who is women's soccer writer for the Athletic in the US, |
| 0:44.0 | broke a story that brought US professional women's football to a complete standstill. |
| 0:48.6 | Her incredible investigative piece with colleague Katie Strang |
| 0:51.8 | detailed the experiences of Sheneid Farrelly and Manishim and |
| 0:55.6 | accusations of sexual coercion by the |
| 0:58.0 | now former North Carolina Courage coach |
| 1:00.1 | Paul Riley. Yeah, it's an incredibly |
| 1:01.8 | powerful moving and impactful article |
| 1:04.0 | and before we do introduce Meg Flo, |
| 1:06.1 | I just wanted to ask you for your own reaction |
| 1:07.8 | to this troubling story. Yeah, it was |
| 1:10.1 | extremely shocking. |
| 1:12.4 | And I should add that Riley denies the allegations against him and says they are completely |
| 1:17.7 | untrue. |
| 1:18.7 | Meg, you know, I'm sure we'll be able to sort of give the context really well on this. |
| 1:23.3 | But I think for so many people and why I think it was really important that we bring it to |
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