Houston Dash goalkeeping coach Matthew Lampson has been dismissed by the team for violation of NWSL’s anti-fraternization policy and coach code of conduct, the league said in a statement on Thursday.
The league has also suspended Lampson from future employment in the league for the rest of the 2024 season as a result of the violations and also what the league called a “lack of full cooperation” in the investigation.
The statement says that Lampson was fired on March 18 following an investigation that “examined third-party reports of Lampson crossing professional boundaries with a Dash player,” adding that the results found him to be in violation of regulations that “require coaches to maintain strict adherence to professional boundaries.”
The investigator, an attorney hired jointly by the Dash and the league, “did not find a violation of the NWSL Anti-Harassment Policy which is focused on preventing abusive, discriminatory, or harassing behavior,” the league said.
On Wednesday, The Equalizer first reported that Lampson was fired due to an inappropriate relationship.
Lampson joined the Dash in May 2022 and signed a new contract with the club in January 2023. He was still working for the Dash as of the 2024 NWSL draft, which Equalizer reported he attended on Jan….
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