If you’re an eagle-eyed social media watcher, there were some signs that Mana Shim may have been planning a comeback this offseason, the midfielder training hard in recent weeks.
But it was still a surprise to see Shim on the inaugural preseason roster for San Diego Wave FC, considering she last played professional soccer in 2018 with the Houston Dash.
In the meantime, she’s been busy, attending law school, but Shim was thrust back into the spotlight last fall, when she came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual coercion by Paul Riley when he coached her at the Portland Thorns, in addition to accusing Thorns then-GM Gavin Wilkinson of urging her to keep her sexual identity quiet in the press.