The US National Women's Soccer League has sanctioned several coaches, including Vera Pauw, as part of their corrective action in response to the findings of the Joint Investigative Report.
Pauw, the current Republic of Ireland women's head coach, is among eight individuals whose future employment with the NWSL is conditional.
The conditions the NWSL have outlined include acknowledging misconduct, participating in training, and demonstrating a sincere commitment to correcting behaviour.
Pauw was last month named in the report, which alleged that while manager of Houston Dash from November 2017 to September 2018 she had shamed players for their weight and attempted to exert excessive control over their eating habits.
However, Pauw hit back, rejecting "every allegation made against her" and said that the investigation team had rebuffed her efforts to engage with them.
"To suggest I would body shame any human being, footballer or not, is an insult to my personal values and to my behaviour as coach and I cannot allow this claim to go unchallenged," she said at the time.
"I will continue to defend myself against all these claims. I have spent my entire career fighting for my players and now I must fight for myself. I am extremely frustrated that I have been targeted in such a disappointing manner. I cannot allow my name to be attached to such false accusations."
The Football Association of Ireland also issued a statement of support for Pauw, who was subsequently named Manager of the Year at the 2022 RTÉ Sport Awards.
The NWSL handed lifetime bans to four former coaches and fined the Chicago Red Stars and Portland Thorns $1.5m and $1m respectively, as part of sweeping sanctions from a misconduct inquiry.
An independent investigator brought in by US Soccer found last year that abuse and misconduct "had become systemic" in the NWSL.
A joint investigation unit for the league and their players association also said in December it found widespread, ongoing misconduct, a saga that engulfed the top-flight women's league and the sport's national governing body.
"As part of our commitment to accountability and deterrence, the league has determined that further corrective action with respect to certain organisations and individuals identified in the Joint Investigative Report is appropriate and necessary," commissioner Jessica Berman said in a statement on Monday.
Four former coaches will each be subject to "permanent exclusion" from the league.
Arnim Whisler, who owns the Red Stars, and Thorns owner Merritt Paulson have agreed to sell their teams.
Other sanctions include a $200,000 fine for Racing Louisville and a $100,000 fine for the Courage. The NWSL is compelling the owners of both teams to hire sporting staff that is "completely distinct" from their respective men's teams.
The NWSL said it determined how to assign penalties based on the severity of the misconduct and whether individuals in power were found to have known about the wrongdoing, among other factors.
"The league and its clubs have taken meaningful steps to begin this structural reform," said Berman.
