Arsenal, Everton and the match officials show solidarity with NWSL players by taking a united stand against sexual abuse in the sports.
Several WSL teams circled up and joined arms like their American peers did following allegations of severe misconduct from several authority figures including coaches Paul Riley and Richie Burke as well as resigned commissioner Lisa Baird.
While Chelsea’s squad and coaching team joined arms before kick-off on Sunday, Leicester opted to applaud the gesture.
Players from opposing teams at four other games also joined each other in the centre circle before kick-off.
Arsenal’s Jonas Eidevall on NWSL: “It’s instrumental that players feel listened to, so bad things don’t happen. Hopefully that is an eye-opener, not just in the US, but across a lot of different associations & leagues because I would assume that this incident isn’t unique.”
“We know that the FA are planning something on a bigger stage and we just thought it’d be more appropriate to show more solidarity on the biggest stage where it’s more powerful,” said Foxes boss Jonathan Morgan.
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