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    Again and again. Women's pro soccer players just the latest to deal with abuse

    The NWSL is reeling from a scandal involving multiple coaches and alleged abusive behavior toward players, and it's refocused attention on a familiar problem: female athletes experiencing abuse.
    by Tom Goldman Oct 23, 2021 5 minutes
    (L-R) U.S. Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, gymnast Maggie Nichols, and U.S. Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman, testify during a Senate hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2021, in Washington, DC.

    One more U.S. soccer match to go for Carli Lloyd.

    The popular, 39-year-old veteran of the women's national team will play her final game in a U.S. uniform next Tuesday in Minnesota, in a so-called friendly against South Korea. The two teams played to a scoreless draw Thursday in Kansas City – a crowd of more than 18,000 cheered Lloyd as she came on as second-half substitute.

    The celebration, though, comes at a tumultuous time.

    The country's top women's pro soccer league, the NWSL, is still reeling from a scandal involving multiple coaches and alleged abusive behavior toward players.

    And it has re-focused attention on an all-too-familiar problem: female athletes throughout sports experiencing abuse and harassment.

    Joy tempered by pain

    On a recent October night in Portland, Ore., the joy of a women's professional soccer match between the hometown Portland Thorns and visiting Houston

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