Washington Spirit CEO resigns amid reckoning in National Women's Soccer League

Steve Baldwin, the controlling owner and top executive of the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, said Tuesday that he would step down from his position as CEO and managing partner following allegations of a toxic workplace at the team and abuse allegations against the team’s former coach.

Spirit players had written a letter to Baldwin, obtained by The Washington Post, asking that he “resign as CEO and Managing Partner.” Twenty-seven players signed the letter, which was given to Baldwin and the league’s leadership.

“We do not feel like we can recover from all that has been revealed in 2021,” the letter reads. "Under your leadership, the trust and the faith in the organization has broken.”

Baldwin said in a statement Tuesday that he had "listened — to team leadership and staff, investors, fans, and players — to concerns about the Spirit’s workplace culture and our prior coach’s conduct.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/05/steven-baldwin-washington-spirit-nwsl-resigns/