It seemed like your average social media post. The Washington Spirit posted a few pictures of its players in USWNT camp on Saturday and went on with their weekend. Then came a comment from a parent whose son had played for new Spirit head coach Richie Burke while he was at FC Virginia:
The comment, posted Sunday morning:
“My daughter is devastated to see her favorite womens [sic] footy team hire the coach who abused her brother verbally, mentally, and emotionally when he was at FCV. His language, use of homophobic slurs, and disturbing coaching behavior was protected and our daughter watched it all.