Chicago Red Stars founder and majority owner Arnim Whisler has broken his silence about the abuse scandal involving the team's former manager, Rory Dames.
Whisler posted a letter on the team's website in response to the scandal's continued fallout, which included allegations that Dames verbally and emotionally abused Red Stars players, as well as alleged instances of sexual misconduct at the youth club he once ran, Eclipse Select.
"There is no place for abuse of any kind in soccer -- or anywhere," Whisler wrote.
Dames resigned in November, shortly before the publication of a story in the Washington Post that detailed instances of him verbally and emotionally abusing players, including U.