News about Paul Riley

In the aftermath of charges of misconduct and sexual assault directed at the Portland Timbers' CEO, the company has officially dropped DaBella as their main shirt sponsor. The Timbers announced in a tweet on Wednesday that they had 'terminated' the club's corporate partnership with DaBella, which would go into place immediately, after receiving notice of allegations of misconduct at the team which was made public on February 23. The Timbers and a third-party company underwent an extensive pre-deal vetting process, but the club didn't learn of the filing until February 27.'

After Sporting KC supporters learned about his role in the recruitment of ex-NWSL coach Paul Riley, who was one of five coaches fired or forced to resign amid allegations of misconduct in 2021, Wilkinson quit his position. Former Attorney General Sally Yates led and released a third-party probe citing evidence and reported by the United States Soccer Federation in 2022.

Just eight days after being named the team's sporting director, Gavin Wilkinson was fired by Sporting Kansas City. Wilkinson, the previous general manager of the Portland Timbers and Thorns, was fired in 2021 after being charged with sexual assault with the former team, and we advised NWSL clubs to oust abusive coach Paul Riley. And in his new role, the native of New Zealand lasted just over a week. Sporting Kansas City cited the 'impassioned response' of the city's supporters in its decision to change direction.

Gavin Wilkinson, the former general manager of NWSL clubs who recommended that abusive coaches be hired, had hid Riley's patterns of abuse and was suspended for suspected misconduct with the Thorns and the Portland Timbers. SKC's front office has been reshuffled, and promoted manager Peter Vermes was promoted to the position of Chief Soccer Officer. Wilkinson takes over as the sport director and will report directly to Vermes. Wilkinson, according to the club, will play a key role in the club's long-term player recruitment plan, rostering, planning, and training, as well as the continuing expansion of Sporting's professional player pathway, which includes MLS NEXT Pro and Sporting Kansas City Academy.'

Following years of fan outrage over the Paul Riley sexual assault scandal, the Portland Thorns were sold for a league-record $63 million. It was announced on Wednesday that the Bhathal family, as well as NBA stanciers, had purchased the team. According to a person familiar with the case, RAJ Sports bought the team for $63 million. Since they were not allowed to publicly discuss the matter, the individual spoke on the condition of anonymity. Merritt Paulson, whose Peregrine Sports also owns Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers, sold the Thorns in late 2022 as a result of a string of abuse and sexual offences that rocked the NWSL. Sinead Farelly and Mana Shim's two former Thorns players came forward in 2021 with allegations of sexual assault and assault involving Paul Riley, who coached the team from 2014 to 2021.

Football hasn't always been Sinead Farewell's family, but as she sat down last Saturday morning in Brisbane and reflect on the fact that she had rekindled some of the game's old obsession. Farelly may be competing in her third World Cup in a better world. She had been selected for the US national squad ahead of the 2011 tournament in Germany, but her club coach at the time Paul Riley compelled her to decline the invitation - it was part of a pattern of coercive and dominating behaviour displayed by Riley toward the young footballer.

Stevie Allen, a Scottish actor, has died. According to The Sun, the actor, who notably appeared on the hit sitcom Still Game, died on Thursday. Stevie is best known for his role on Manky Frankie, appearing in three episodes from 2002 to 2004.

On Thursday, Alyssa Thompson was the top pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft, becoming the first high school player to be selected in the league's history. Thompson, an 18-year-old forward from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, declared her eligibility for the draft late last week. She had intended to Stanford when she first accepted. 'It's a strange feeling,' Thompson, who viewed the draft from her Los Angeles home, said. "I'm so glad that I get to be surrounded by my friends and family.' I'm just really excited. My heart is pounding at a breakneck pace.'

The National Women's Soccer League also received a string of fines and sanctions resulting from its joint probe into abuse and misconduct by educators and executives from its clubs. For life, four former coaches accused of violence and misconduct have been barred from serving, and two clubs have been fined millions of dollars. Paul Riley, Christy Holly, Rory Dames, and Richie Burke have all been barred from the NWSL permanently due to their conduct.

The National Women's Soccer League and its players union launched a joint inquiry that found "widespread misconduct" aimed at players dating back to the country's top women's professional league's earliest years. A study describing the findings of the year-long probe was released on Wednesday, just over two months after US Soccer's study on a separate probe by former acting US Attorney General Sally Q. Yates was published in October. According to the study, emotional abuse and sexual assault were systemic in the sport, impacting many teams, coaches, and players.

Merritt Paulson, the owner of Portland Thorns FC, announced on Thursday that he would sell his interest in the NWSL team. This follows following an inquiry launched in The Athletic last year into former Thorns coach Paul Riley's behavior. Riley had sexually coerced and verbally assaulted athletes, including during his time in Portland. The US Soccer Federation funded an independent investigation into the league and the Thorns led by former US Attorney General Sally Yates, and the findings were published in October.

Merritt Paulson retired as the chief operating officer of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League on Tuesday. It comes as a result of an investigation that revealed discriminatory conduct, assault, and administrative incompetence throughout the NWSL. In reaction to the probe, both teams dismissed general manager Gavin Wilkinson and president of company Mike Golub last week. Paulson, the Thorns' owner, had previously stepped away from the team's day-to-day operation.

In the aftermath of sexual harassment charges against ex-coach Paul Riley, the Portland Thorns and its MLS counterpart, the Timbers, have lost sponsorship contracts. The United States Soccer Federation's independent investigation into abuse in the NWSL, which was released last week, detailed allegations of sexual assault against Thorns former coach Riley, who coached the team through the 2014-15 season. Riley has denied the charges. Both the men's and women's teams's sponsors have now decided to end their relationship with the clubs, while another partner has decided to transfer its funds to the NWSL Players Association.

In an independent probe, US Soccer Federation President Cindy Parlow Cone told CNN that three new allegations of misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League had surfaced this week, after details of systemic emotional abuse and sexual assault in the National Women's Soccer League were revealed in an inclusive investigation. Parlow Cone was questioned twice by the television network on Friday and did not have any information about the latest harassment cases. The US Center for SafeSport and other authorities have been notified of the three latest studies, according to her. 'I'm also hoping that people are able to come forward or... are aware of where to report this because it's so critical.' Parlow Cone told CNN, "I'm also hoping that people are safe now to come forward.' 'We're not going to be able to root it out unless more brave people come forward to tell us.' Investigators looking into the allegations of discrimination, sexual coercion, and bullying interviewed more than 200 people. The NWSL, US Soccer, squads, and individuals who needed information.

Megan Rapinoe has fired multiple coaches in the national Women's Soccer League in America, claiming that she and her United States teammates are 'emotionally exhausted' and angry by the situation. Former US deputy attorney general Sally Yates' probe, which was published on Monday, was launched after allegations were lodged against former North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley. Yates and her crew interviewed over 200 players in the top flight of US soccer, and their findings revealed that "a game in which violence and sexual assault, as well as sexual assault, had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims."

The US Soccer Federation has opened an independent investigation into sexual assault against ex-coach Paul Riley, who supervised the Thorns from 2013-2015. Following the unveiling of the paper on Monday, Thorns owner Merritt Paulson has announced that he would step away from team activities on Tuesday. Wilkinson and Golub have been fired from the NWSL club and have been released from their respective positions with Portland's MLS club, the Portland Timbers, since being fired.

Abuse is the biggest issue women's football must fix, according to Lucy Bronze, although she praised the courage of players who are 'fighting back' after an investigation found that emotional and sexual assault had become'systemic' in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States. Former US deputy attorney general Sally Yates' probe, which was released on Monday, was launched after charges were made against former North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley. Yates and her crew consulted with over 200 people in the top flight of the United States soccer league, and their results revealed that 'a league in which abuse and assault - verbal and sexual assault, as well as sexual assault - had become systemic, affecting numerous clubs, coaches, and victims.'

Former US Acting AG Sally Yate's report, according to Paulson (left), who is also the owner of the Portland Timbers, was the 'darkest day I have ever experienced,' a year after the allegations were made. I would imagine it was even more difficult and frightening for those whose lives were revealed openly.' We have told the NWSL that we would not do press or make any public statements regarding the probes until the joint NWSL/NWSLPA probe, which is extremely difficult, is published in November.' Heather Davis, GM of the Timbers and Thorns, will now lead front officer operations as a result of Yates' independent study, that Riley knew of Riley's (right) inappropriate conduct while coaching the Thorns from 2014-15.

According to Mana Shim, one of the whistle blowers at the center of a growing sexual assault scandal affecting women's soccer, her club, league, and the system as a whole, according to her friend and former teammate Alex Morgan of the United States National Team. In a segment that will air Tuesday evening, Morgan said, 'She went through all the right steps, but she was dissatisfied.' 'She was rejected by the device,' says the author.' According to the study, an independent inquiry into the scandals that erupted in the National Women's Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual assault in the sport, affecting multiple teams, coaches, and players. Former NWSL players Sinead Farewell and Spaulding have come forward with allegations of assault and sexual assault dating back to a decade involving former coach Paul Riley, who has denied the charges. In September 2021, The Athletic first published their account. Riley, who denies denying it, was fired last year after the allegations first emerged.

According to a study published Monday, an independent inquiry into the scandals that erupted in the National Women's Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual assault in the sport, impacting numerous squads, coaches, and players. One coach reportedly called a player to test a game but instead revealed her pornography, while another coerced several participants into a sexual relationship.

According to a study published Monday, an independent inquiry into the scandals that erupted in the National Women's Soccer League last season discovered emotional abuse and sexual assault in the sport, impacting many teams, coaches, and players. Former US Attorney General Sally Q. Yates said in her report on the probe, "absuse in the NWSL has rooted in a deeper culture of women's soccer, beginning in youth leagues that normalizes verbally offensive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players." After former NWSL players Sinead Farelly and Mana Shim came forward with allegations of bullying and sexual assault dating back to a decade involving former coach Paul Riley, US Soccer has ordered an investigation into former NWSL players Sinead Farewell and King & Spaulding. In September 2021, The Athletic published their account.

According to DailyMail.com, a recent Matthew McConaughey soccer film has been postponed due to allegations of sexual assault. Dallas Sting, McConaughey was supposed to play legends' women's soccer team coach Bill Kinder (right and top inset) who led a Dallas team to a humiliating underdog victory in a 1984 international tournament. However, the film has only been canned just six weeks before filming begins, after production company Skydance was reportedly wrong about Kinder's sexuality with at least one of his cast members.