U.S. Soccer Federation former chief legal and compliance officer Lydia Wahlke repeatedly kept quiet about reports of National Women’s Soccer League coaches mistreating women players, according to an independent investigation.
U.S. Soccer’s chief legal officer, Lydia Wahlke, attends a meeting of the organization’s board of directors on Dec. 6, 2019, in Chicago. (Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
The Chicago-based federation on Monday released the “heartbreaking and deeply troubling” findings from King & Spalding’s probe into past allegations of abusive behavior and sexual misconduct in women’s professional soccer.
