U.S. women's national team and Portland Thorns defender Becky Sauerbrunn admitted the past couple of weeks have been 'really tough' as NWSL players deal with the aftermath of several abuse allegations made against former staff.
Sauerbrunn addressed the media ahead of the USWNT’s friendly against South Korea on Thursday, the first national team match to be played following the accusations and subsequent investigations.
The Portland Thorns defender admitted that since the revelations, there have been several conversations between players and various levels of the Portland front office.
"I would say that it's been heavy and being with the players at Portland, the sadness, the anger, the need to want to create change, it's been tough. It's been really tough. I mean we've had a lot of conversations amongst the players. We've had talks with front office.
"We've had talks with HR, and it's just all I can say. It's been really heavy and we've leaned into one another a lot. I've had a lot of hard, open conversations about what happened and what needs to change."
