Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw has been sanctioned by the US National Women's Soccer League as part of their findings of a joint investigative report.
Pauw is one of eight whose future employment within the NWSL is now deemed conditional.
The aforementioned conditions include participation in training, acknowledging misconduct and demonstrating a sincere commitment to correcting behaviour.
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The investigation into misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League in the US was released in December.
The report stated that Pauw — who was in charge at Houston Dash in 2018 — attempted to "exert excessive control" over various players' eating habits.
It was an accusation that the Dutch woman strenuously rejected.
Speaking at the time, the 59-year-old said: "To suggest I would body shame any human being, footballer or not, is an insult to my personal values and to my behaviour as a coach and I cannot allow this claim to go unchallenged."
As reported by RTÉ Sport, the Football Association of Ireland has publicly supported the manager, who was subsequently gone on to win Manager of the Year at the 2022 RTÉ Sport Awards.
Information was released that confirmed the work of an independent investigator who was hired by US Soccer.
Investigations revealed that abuse and misconduct within the NWSL "had become systemic", with lifetime bans handed to four former coaches.
The NWSL has stated that it determined how to assign penalties based on the severity of the misconduct and whether individuals in power were found to have known about the wrongdoing, among other factors.
