The National Women's Soccer League will establish a $5 million fund for players as part of a settlement that stemmed from allegations of emotional and sexual misconduct that rocked the league in 2021. Attorneys general from Washington, D.C., Illinois and New York announced the settlement with the league on Wednesday.

The deal comes more than three years after allegations of harassment, emotional abuse and sexual misconduct sparked a crisis that rocked the league and the sport.

Three attorney generals released findings after an investigation into the NWSL for player abuse and harassment. The list of consequences is long.

The players’ experiences of abuse and the failures of leadership to prevent and address them were retold in a press conference this week and were yet another accounting of all the sins of the past. After three investigations — the attorneys general’s,

The National Women's Soccer League has agreed to establish a $5 million fund for players harmed by abuse or harassment as part of a settlement stemming from over a decade of allegations, including from two members of the Portland Thorns.

Following an investigation into widespread allegations of abuse between 2013 and 2022, NWSL players have access to a new restitution fund.