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For the second time in three days, Albertin Montoya threw up a stop sign when asked about the National Women’s Soccer League’s recently opened investigation. The Bay FC head coach is at the center of the investigation which was launched last week after reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle regarding the working environment at the club.
“Right now it’s an open review,” Montoya said during media availability early Thursday. “Out of respect, I’m not gonna talk about it.”
Montoya gave almost the exact answer in a scrum with local media earlier in the week.
In response to the investigation, which is being conducted by an independent third party, Bay CEO Brady Stewart said the issue were the result of communications challenges. Asked about his communication process with the players during preseason, Montoya said: “We’re always touching on how we can get better.”
From there his answer veered immediately into soccer and ways the team can be better prepared in its second season…