SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Days after Bay FC unveiled renderings for its slick new coaching facility on Treasure Island, the group is dealing with extra troubling allegations concerning its backroom workers. KRON4 has confirmed that the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League has ordered an unbiased investigation into Bay FC’s teaching workers.
“The NWSL takes all concerns related to player well-being extremely seriously,” a league spokesperson informed KRON4. “We have established clear and confidential mechanisms for anyone in the NWSL ecosystem to report any concerns. Based on information shared with the league, we are initiating a formal review of the communications between technical staff and the players at Bay FC and will take the appropriate steps necessary based on the findings of that review.”
Oregon ladies’s soccer coach Graeme Abel talks about his new job with the Geese in Eugene, Ore., Jan. 3, 2020. (AP Picture/Anne M. Peterson, File)
The investigation follows the information final month that Bay FC’s head of home scouting Graeme Abel had resigned after only one week on the job, following allegations of verbal abuse whereas he was a coach on the College of Oregon.
Information of the most recent investigation was first reported within the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle’s report cites new allegations centered across the group’s head coach Albertin Montoya.
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Two former gamers on the group reportedly described membership tradition beneath Montoya as “toxic” throughout final 12 months’s inaugural season. Two group workers who spoke to the Chronicle reportedly agreed with the gamers’ evaluation.
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 10: Albertin Montoya head coach of Bay FC earlier than a recreation between Bay FC and Washington Spirit at Audi Discipline on November 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Roger Wimmer/ISI Pictures/Getty Photographs)
At the least two formal complaints have reportedly been filed towards Montoya. The 48-year-old coach got here to Bay FC with an in depth background teaching newbie soccer however restricted skilled expertise that included a stint as interim supervisor of the Washington Spirit.
A kind of complaints, the Chronicle mentioned, was investigated and dismissed.
Two former gamers informed the Chronicle they left the group due to Montoya. Three different gamers reportedly left after requesting trades with two retiring reasonably than returning, and a 3rd leaving through free company.
Of Bay FC’s authentic roster, eight gamers — a 3rd of the squad — are now not with the group. Lucy Rushton, Bay FC’s normal supervisor, is also now not with the membership, having abruptly departed halfway by means of the group’s inaugural season.
The Related Press contributed to this story.
