US Soccer will adopt the NWSL Recommendations reported by Sally Q. Yeats.

“Shortly after the release of Sally Q. Yates’ independent report, the Board and staff plan to implement the report’s recommendations and advance conservation initiatives that build a participant-centered culture of safety and trust across sport. ,” said U.S. Soccer President Cindy. Parlow Cohn said in a statement. “We have made great progress thanks to the many athletes and professionals who jumped into the important work of protecting everyone in our game. , we believe the steps we share today will make the game significantly safer, and we look forward to completing it.”

A Yeats report released in October found that U.S. soccer officials and team executives in the Women’s National Soccer League repeatedly failed to heed warnings or punish coaches who abused players. A year-long investigation, spurred on by The Washington Post and The Athletic’s reports of widespread abuse allegations against NWSL coaches, found numerous allegations of sexual misconduct had been filed against some of the game’s top coaches. I discovered that Published. The coach also relied on malicious coaching tactics, Yeats found. Operations about power, not performance gains. And retaliation against those who tried to come forward. ”

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“Players described patterns of sexual comments, unwanted sexual advances or sexual contact, and forced intercourse,” Yates wrote in her report.

Yeats’ recommendations include accurate disclosure of misconduct to keep abusive coaches from moving from team to team. Meaningful examination of coaches. A timely NWSL investigation of her abuse allegations, and immediate disclosure of those findings. A standard code of conduct for everyone involved in the US football ecosystem. Annual training for NWSL coaches and players on U.S. Soccer Policy Governing Verbal Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Misconduct, Harassment, and Retaliation. Obligation to have a player safety officer on each team. Creating a system for NWSL officials to listen to player feedback.

“On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to say that the new ‘Safe Soccer’ framework will transform sport by increasing transparency and visibility of who is in the game and better protecting players. I look forward to it.” Daniel Slaton, chairman of the United States Soccer Yates Executive Committee and former member of the United States Women’s National Team. “We will work closely with our members to ensure that the deployment of ‘safe football’ is smooth, practical and sustainable, and with the Participant Safety Task Force to ensure that the entire football ecosystem is safe. We will be implementing additional protective measures. ”