Girls Soccer Culture--Bullying Pandemic of Negative On-Field Comments & Clique

“It was horrible,” Leroux says. “It really was. You felt that it was the men’s club. That you couldn’t do anything. You couldn’t speak. You couldn’t complain to anybody. You would be too scared. [Many players don’t speak because they] don’t want to lose the chance to work for Canada Soccer in the future or lose their position on the team. Even I’m still worried about saying things about Sydney. They all cover for each other.”

“Sydney would have quit soccer if she stayed in Canada,” she says. “It bothers me today that I didn’t do something at the time but I knew that if I did they would punish her. But she was already getting punished and I didn’t do anything.
 
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