Former members of the Vancouver Whitecaps women's soccer team want to see findings from an MLS investigation on allegations of abuse made public.
"It is not clear that the MLS investigation and Canada Soccer review will do anything to ensure the safety and well-being of athletes in the system moving forward, which is of paramount concern and motivation to us,'' the statement said."These processes also do not address the collective trauma that we have experienced at the hands of the Vancouver Whitecaps, and Canada Soccer, by their silence for over a decade.
Canada Soccer announced late last month that it had agreed to an independent review of its investigation into allegations against Birarda during the time he was employed by the association. Birarda, a former coach for both the Whitecaps women's team and the Canadian U-20 women's team, has been charged with six counts of sexual exploitation, two counts of sexual assault and one count of child luring.
In the PFACan statement, the former players make a number of demands, including that the Whitecaps and Canada Soccer provide all relevant documentation to the investigation, and that any final reports from the investigation are made public.
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