San Diego Wave ahead Alex Morgan has responded after former membership staff accused the NWSL crew of fostering an setting that was detrimental to psychological well being.
Former Wave video and inventive supervisor Brittany Alvarado launched a prolonged assertion on Wednesday accusing membership president Jill Ellis of making a tradition of abuse on the membership.
“[Ellis] has compromised numerous lives to advance her narcissistic private agenda, fostering an setting the place abusive behaviors amongst her subordinates was allowed to flourish,” Alvarado mentioned on X, previously Twitter.
Jenny Chuang, one other former Wave worker, responded to Alvarado’s publish by saying she “begged for assist whereas my psychological well being declined quickly” throughout her time with the crew.
In a assertion, the Wave categorically denied the accusations, calling them “inaccurate and defamatory,” whereas including that the membership can be pursuing all authorized avenues.
The NWSL additionally launched a press release in regards to the state of affairs: “The security, well being, and well-being of everybody related to our league is our highest precedence. We take severe any and each report of potential misconduct, rent certified impartial investigators to overview these allegations totally, and act when allegations are supported by the information uncovered. We have now mandated corrective motion in each occasion the place stories have been corroborated, as much as and together with the elimination of people who don’t reside as much as our values and requirements.”
Morgan responded with a publish on X. Morgan and Ellis have an extended relationship, because the striker was a key participant throughout the Englishwoman’s five-year tenure as U.S. girls’s nationwide crew head coach. Ellis then made Morgan the Wave’s signature acquisition forward of the membership’s inaugural NWSL season in 2022.
Notably, Morgan appeared to concede that there have been a minimum of some problematic parts within the crew’s tradition, concluding by saying: “It’s clear that there’s a lot work to be achieved.”
“I’m upset to listen to in regards to the allegations made by a number of former Wave FC staff immediately,” Morgan mentioned.
“As gamers, we’ve labored onerous to construct a crew that’s surrounded by an inclusive, optimistic and protected setting.
“However it’s vital to me that we’re creating that setting for each gamers AND workers all through the complete group. Fairness within the office is one thing I’ve and can proceed to advocate for.”