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Bay FC technical director Matt Potter said on Friday that he “empathizes” with the questions being asked about the recent hiring of Graeme Abel as a head of scouting for the second-year National Women’s Soccer League team, but Potter feels the team has done its “due diligence” in vetting its various new hires.
Abel most recently served as head coach of the University of Oregon women’s team, which endured a winless season in 2023 that led to a dozen player departures amid allegations that Abel verbally abused players. He resigned following the 2024 college season.
“I think the ultimate is that we have faith in in the processes that are in place,” Potter told reporters on Friday. “And if those processes and that information ultimately feeds back that — if an investigation is done and it’s, I don’t know the right terminology, whether it’s dismissed or no evidence is found within it, and so on and so forth, then the reality is, it becomes about seeing the potential of what somebody…
