Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has acknowledged the UK is not immune to abuse in women’s football and vowed to help protect players in the English game.
Last week, US Soccer said it would move immediately to implement reform after an independent investigation found abuse and misconduct “had become systemic” in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
That document, commonly referred to as the Yates Report after the woman who led the inquiry – lawyer and former deputy attorney general Sally Yates – has led to a number of resignations and contract terminations in the fallout of its release.
Skinner, who managed Orlando Pride in the NWSL from 2019-2021, said: “We have to continue to change, adapt, evolve and make sure nobody goes through this.
“We cannot allow players to go through this, or any staff, anybody involved in a workplace, really.
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