One after another, the industry created to empower young girls in soccer has sent a very different message to female coaches.
One after another, the industry created to empower young girls in soccer has sent a very different message to female coaches.
For Karley Nelson, a former coach for elite club San Diego Surf, it started when her boss made demeaning sexual comments and touched her in ways that made her uncomfortable on the sidelines, she said. Soon, another male colleague began to call Nelson her boss’s “girlfriend” behind her back. She was the only woman at a leadership retreat when a club executive told her she was “so beautiful” that he was trying to convince his partner “she doesn’t have to worry” about her. Nelson’s allegations were documented in a lawsuit she filed this year. Read More
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