Former NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird said in a new interview that she acted in the best possible manner and did not ignore allegations of misconduct by former Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley.
Appearing on the E:60 documentary Truth Be Told: The Fight for Women’s Professional Soccer, Baird made her first public comments since resigning from the position in October 2021. The interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters aired Tuesday night on ESPN.
“Well, you know, I could second-guess myself a lot,” Baird said when asked whether she would have done anything differently. “I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on this. I’m sure there are things that I could do differently. I think, right now, I made the best decisions I could with the information I had at the time.”
