Garda launch probe into allegations of historical abuse from female soccer players

In one case, a player said she was never selected again for international duty after fleeing from a coach’s hotel room when he attempted to kiss her

The FAI alerted staff and delegates on Thursday to an imminent media expose 'relating to a series of allegations of historical abuse of women involved in football in the 1990s'. Picture: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Former international female soccer players have said complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour by male coaches in the late 1990s were not properly dealt with by the sport’s governing body.

The FAI alerted staff and delegates on Thursday to an imminent media expose “relating to a series of allegations of historical abuse of women involved in football in the 1990s”.