Former NWSL Houston Dash Coach Sues League, Players Association, and Lawyers for Defamation

Feb 9, 2024

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer In January 2023, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) permanently or temporarily banned seven former coaches and executives. The league’s actions followed the issuance of a 125-page report[1] by the law firms of Covington & Burling LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP which detailed a history of misconduct by coaches and executives. James Clarkson, a former head coach of the Houston Dash, was not among those banned. How

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