On Tuesday, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) and 43 other members of Congress published an open letter to U.S. Soccer calling for the organization’s cooperation with an investigation into systemic abuse across the NWSL. The letter was issued approximately a month after the results of former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates’s investigation were released, which found that “abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer.”
Meantime, the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association have been conducting their own joint investigation to assess the working environments of all 12 teams.
Following the letter’s release, Ross said she hopes the progress that’s been made thus far is only the beginning.
