Podcasts about ciara mccormack

Sexual assault victim Sophie Brady is really unhappy at the sentence handed down to the family member who abused her. Boann Whiskey's Peter Cooney and Tom Keogh from Keogh's Crisps remain upbeat despite those USA tariffs. Dr Ciara McCormack was so informative about recognising and dealing with deconditioning. Fiona McArdle sang brilliantly for her supper and a lovely surprise awaited our birthday girl Louise! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Research investigating whether casual kitchen dancing counts as moderate exercise has found that Dancing around your kitchen for 20 minutes every morning is enough to reap health benefits, scientists say. To discuss this Dr Ciara McCormack, Assistant Professor of Sport Science and Health in Maynooth University.

We went back to school and the books we remember in the company of Margaret Madden. Dr Ciara McCormack told us why and what she's doing with Walterstown GFC Under 14 girls team. Meath based artist Fiona McKenna dropped in for a chat as her first exhibition opens in Kells. And Declan Collins from Mornington Tidy Towns explained what the group are doing to protect their sand dunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Treaty United CEO, former whistle-blower and Republic of Ireland international, Ciara McCormack joined Eoin Sheahan and Phil Egan in studio to talk around the findings of a joint report from RTÉ Investigates and The Sunday Independent. Off The Ball Breakfast, w/ Optimum Nutrition, the official performance nutrition partners of the Gaelic Players Association.

Treaty United CEO Ciara McCormack drops in to discuss how the season is going for her side this year. With promises of a big new signing teased earlier in the week she'll be chatting about the new arrival and how the club is faring this year. (9:30pm, Wednesday 3rd July 2024)Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will also be chatting about the upcoming Senior Internationals, the U19 European Championship, Galway United joining the final four in the Avenir Sports Cup, departures from Wexford, other transfers and all the league action.

On this week's Las Damas, your 100% unofficial SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division Podcast We speak with Ciara McCormack about all things Treaty United Eileen says nice things about Bohs and Shams We Review the weekends action Are Defences on Top? Take a look ahead to the All Ireland Cup & Much Much More

Ciara McCormack is the CEO of Treaty United. The former coach and football international's life changed after speaking out about sexual harassment and assault in Canadian soccer.

Joe is joined by Ciara McCormack, CEO of Treaty United, to discuss the club's return to the blue jersey design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's September 24th, 1988 -- a warm, sunny and dry day in the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It also happened to be the final of the men's 100 metre sprint to decide the Olympic champion and world's fastest man. The top contenders, Carl Lewis from the United States, and a Canadian sprinter named Ben Johnson, lined up in lanes 3 and 6 respectively in one of the most highly anticipated races of the year. The gun goes off -- and almost immediately Johnson had a step on every other runner, including the defending Olympic gold medalist from the US. By 50 meters it was clear that nobody could keep up with the Canadian runner. As Johnson approached the finish line, he iconically raised his hands in victory, pointing his right index finger to the sky and then to stands toward thousands of screaming fans. With a time of 9.79 seconds, Ben Johnson had completely smashed his own World Record and was now an Olympic champion. Three days later, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and world record by the International Olympic Committee after he tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance stan-o-zolol.   Why am I telling you about an Olympic final that happened over 35 years ago? Well, the events that would transpire after the IOC announced that it would strip Johnson of his gold medal and world record, would send shockwaves through the Canadian sport system – the reverberations of which would be felt in our cultural, political, and social systems as well as our collective memories. Johnson's disqualification spurred something of what sociologists might call a moral panic regarding the unethical grip that had apparently taken hold of Canadian sport – a deviation from the stereotypical perception of Canada as a wholesome, equitable, and polite geopolitical nation. And perhaps most relevant for this talk today, I argue that this was a fundamental precursor to the current moment that we find ourselves in Canadian sport – a moment, as I hope to convince you, that is riddled with harm and abuse. In this episode, Derek walks us through why Canada needs a judicial inquiry into harm and abuse in sport and, more importantly, why that's nowhere near enough to give justice to survivors. If we want to do justice for survivors of harm and abuse in Canadian sport, we need a judicial inquiry. But that's nowhere near enough. We also need to act, and we must act now, to ensure there are effective mechanisms for oversight, accountability, and, perhaps most importantly, reparation for the harms already done and the harms being done literally right now across the country. Anything less is a metaphor for action – it's an obfuscation of the long-history of harm and abuse that we know about in this space, and that we know is only a small snapshot of the true reality of abuse in Canadian sport – and it's a surface level attempt reinforce and replicate a system of sport that inevitably produces and endorses abusive spaces within a project of winning-at-any-cost. For if we continue to allow and obfuscate violent abuse in sport, and sport is supposedly integral to our national identity, one concludes that violent abuse is indeed part of Canada. I don't want sport to be about violent abuse, and surely you don't want Canada to be about violent abuse. So let's do something about it, and let's do something now. Video of a version of this talk at McGill University can be found here.  Please read Kim Shore's brilliant piece on the crisis of abuse in Canadian sport here. Our podcast episode with Kim can be found here.  Ciara McCormack's piece "A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story" can be found here. The End of Sport episode with Ciara can be found here. Mac Ross' piece on the importance of external investigations into Canadian sport can be found here. Our interview with Mac and Jennifer Fraser can be found here. 

Chuck Goldstein tells us how a 5G connected football helmet is helping him communicate with his deaf quarterback in a way which was unthinkable before. Goldstein is head coach of a team of deaf and hard of hearing players at Gallaudet University and he believes the technology could reduce potential injuries and allow deaf players to potentially make a career in the sport.Ciara McCormack explains her plans to put players at the centre of everything she does following her takeover of Treaty United in Limerick. The former Republic of Ireland defender says the country saved her following the abuse she encountered in Canadian football.And Neil Jones tells us how winning the National Lottery set him on a path towards captaining England's pool team. One of the first things Jones bought with his winnings was a pool table.Image: Image: Gallaudet University quarterback Brandon Washington wears a special augmented reality visor, allowing to visualise football plays. (Credit: AT&T/Gallaudet University)

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Jamie and Kevin sit down with incoming CEO Ciara McCormack to discuss her acquisition of the club and also what's to expect in the future.

New Treaty United CEO and co-owner Ciara McCormack was on Off the Ball Breakfast to discuss her new venture and what her hopes are for the club.Catch Off the Ball's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off the Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off the Ball app or wherever you listen to yours.SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the Off the Ball Breakfast podcast.

We've got a very special edition of the show for listeners this week as Kieran chats with a couple of Women who have made history in their respective roles within the league.  Joanna Byrne is the league's first & only female chairperson and speaks to us about the proposed takeover of Drogheda United by the owners of Walsall while former Irish international Ciara McCormack has been named as the first-ever female co-owner & CEO at a LOI club, following a successful Canadian-based takeover of Treaty United. Sponsored by QuinnAv.ie 

This week the new CEO of Treaty United, Ciara McCormack drops in to discuss the new Canadian investment into Treaty United and the appointment of Ciara to her new role within the club.She'll be chatting to Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke about how the move came about, her own career with Ireland and how she blew the whistle on corruption and abuse within the Canadian Women's soccer world leading the the imprisonment of her former coach.She'll be chatting about what the investment might mean for the club and football in the wider Mid West region.

Joe is joined by Chair of Treaty United FC Conn Murray, and Live95's soccer correspondent Mike Ahern, to talk about the announcement that the Limerick-based club has been acquired by former Republic of Ireland women's international and current Treaty United FC player Ciara McCormack in partnership with a Canadian-based investment group led by Tricor Pacific Capital Inc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Days out from the start of the co-hosted Women's World Cup, our panel of experts - players and coaches with a few country experts also - gave their tips for the outcome. How right or wrong were they? Francis Awaritefe, Olga Bagatini, Elissia Carnavas, Steve Darby, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Ciara McCormack, Clare Shine, Jean Williams - talking with Philippe Auclair.

Western premiers met this week, including David Eby, and said the federal government is lagging on bail reform. We hear ways to address the issue of repeat offences. And in the second half of our program, we hear what's needed to ensure safety from abuse in sport. We speak with former soccer international Ciara McCormack, and ask you how sports should address abuse, and protect athletes.

Amateur athletes in Canada are calling for a national inquiry into abuse in sports. Matt Galloway speaks with former national soccer player Ciara McCormack and former fencer Emily Mason about their experiences. We also hear from former federal minister of sport, Kirsty Duncan, about what she wants to see happen.

Ireland international Ciara McCormack joins Ger & Shane on #OTBAM after signing for Treaty United ahead of the 2023 WNL season. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Monday's #OTBAM podcast - Ger & Shane are in studio, bringing you your sports breakfast fix. Shane brings us the latest installment of the Performance Rankings. Quinny looks back at the weekend's rugby action. Graham Hunter is on the line and ex-Irish footballer, Ciara McCormack joins the lads to talk football. Timestamps and topics below. (01:00) – Kickoff with Ger, Shane (06:40) – Performance Rankings (39:00) – Rugby w/Quinny (01:10:00) – Sports News (01:26:50) –Football w/Ciara McCormack (01:40:10) –Football w/Graham Hunter Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Guest hosts Dan Riccio & Jamie Dodd preview this weekend's BC Lions matchup versus the Stamps w/ the Moj, plus Ciara McCormack joins the show to discuss the MLS third-party investigation results of the Whitecaps. This podcast is produced by Andy Cole and Greg Balloch.  The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

Bik and Randip are joined by Ciara McCormack to discuss the recent news that has come down on the Vancouver Whitecaps pleading guilty of sexual assault after Ciara brought attention to the disgusting act in a blogpost back in 2019. Then, the guys preview Wednesday's Canucks' game against the Islanders with audio from Bruce Boudreau.

On this episode of The End of Sport, Johanna and Nathan sit down with Kim Shore for the second part of a two-part episode to talk about different forms of abuse that persist in Canadian gymnastics as well as how we as fans, parents, and onlookers can prepare for it and prevent it. Kim Shore is a certified Corporate Leadership Coach, Workshop Facilitator, former member of the Gymnastics Canada Board of Directors, chair of the first ever GymCan Safe Sport Committee and was a gymnast for her entire childhood and competed at national and international competitions. She ultimately achieved a full ride scholarship to a Division I NCAA school, CIAU individual and team national championships, and a 7th place finish at the Sport Aerobic World Championships. This is a really special episode that will continue past conversations we've had with Ciara McCormack and many others. We hope that this interview will help equip parents with approaches, questions, and demands they should make of their coaches and teams, and national governing bodies of sport, governments. Parents want to know what they should do, should they even enroll their parents in more intense sport environments to begin with? How do they need to prepare themselves and their children to recognize warning signs? These are all such difficult questions. But we hope to continue talking through some answers that we got from Ciara about a year ago, and dive even further here.  We want to make it very clear that we are rejecting the premise that athlete abuse is an acceptable part of modern sport. It absolutely is not. It needs to be rooted out. Infuriatingly, many sportspeople seem to have accepted the existence of sporting abuse. We say they seem to have accepted it due to their reporting and response to abuse as a ‘bad apple' phenomenon the way they view racism. This is evidenced by the horrific pervasiveness of sporting abuse, with cases in every single sport from the youth level to the pros and Olympic Games, which is abetted and promoted by sport orgs, universities, etc. who refuse to properly investigate, create pathways to reporting abuse, etc. And as we've seen with the NCAA and other orgs: some even reject any responsibility for protecting child athletes. This all means that parents of children of all genders are practically sending their kids to sports with a high possibility that they could be abused. Parents basically have to cross their fingers and toes that coaches, other athletes, etc. won't abuse their children. This is institutional and governmental failure at numerous levels. Hopefully this episode will help provide a guideline of sports to help parents and athletes navigate the dangerous nature of modern sport. Children should be able to compete in sports without worrying that they'll be abused and harassed; parents should feel completely comfortable signing their children up without having to be hypervigilant about predators. But as we've talked about, the people who created modern sport decided to control athletes' bodies first and foremost under the guise of acceptable and even laudable behavior. And since sport orgs have decided that their actual purpose is not to protect athletes - but to protect the image and liability of the organization and powerful people who control it – then athletes' bodies are mere pawns in the sport orgs' game for control. The following discussion is absolutely not a sign that we are accepting of the status quo, nor that parents and children should accept the status quo. This is about fighting back.   For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) Research Assistance for The End of Sport provided by Abigail Bomba. __________________________________________________________________________ If you are interested, you can support the show via our Patreon! As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. www.TheEndofSport.com  

On this episode of The End of Sport, Johanna and Nathan sit down with Kim Shore for the first part of a two-part episode to talk about different forms of abuse that persist in Canadian gymnastics as well as how we as fans, parents, and onlookers can prepare for it and prevent it. Kim Shore is a certified Corporate Leadership Coach, Workshop Facilitator, former member of the Gymnastics Canada Board of Directors, chair of the first ever GymCan Safe Sport Committee and was a gymnast for her entire childhood and competed at national and international competitions. She ultimately achieved a full ride scholarship to a Division I NCAA school, CIAU individual and team national championships, and a 7th place finish at the Sport Aerobic World Championships. This is a really special episode that will continue past conversations we've had with Ciara McCormack and many others. We hope that this interview will help equip parents with approaches, questions, and demands they should make of their coaches and teams, and national governing bodies of sport, governments. Parents want to know what they should do, should they even enroll their parents in more intense sport environments to begin with? How do they need to prepare themselves and their children to recognize warning signs? These are all such difficult questions. But we hope to continue talking through some answers that we got from Ciara about a year ago, and dive even further here.  We want to make it very clear that we are rejecting the premise that athlete abuse is an acceptable part of modern sport. It absolutely is not. It needs to be rooted out. Infuriatingly, many sportspeople seem to have accepted the existence of sporting abuse. We say they seem to have accepted it due to their reporting and response to abuse as a ‘bad apple' phenomenon the way they view racism. This is evidenced by the horrific pervasiveness of sporting abuse, with cases in every single sport from the youth level to the pros and Olympic Games, which is abetted and promoted by sport orgs, universities, etc. who refuse to properly investigate, create pathways to reporting abuse, etc. And as we've seen with the NCAA and other orgs: some even reject any responsibility for protecting child athletes. This all means that parents of children of all genders are practically sending their kids to sports with a high possibility that they could be abused. Parents basically have to cross their fingers and toes that coaches, other athletes, etc. won't abuse their children. This is institutional and governmental failure at numerous levels. Hopefully this episode will help provide a guideline of sports to help parents and athletes navigate the dangerous nature of modern sport. Children should be able to compete in sports without worrying that they'll be abused and harassed; parents should feel completely comfortable signing their children up without having to be hypervigilant about predators. But as we've talked about, the people who created modern sport decided to control athletes' bodies first and foremost under the guise of acceptable and even laudable behavior. And since sport orgs have decided that their actual purpose is not to protect athletes - but to protect the image and liability of the organization and powerful people who control it – then athletes' bodies are mere pawns in the sport orgs' game for control. The following discussion is absolutely not a sign that we are accepting of the status quo, nor that parents and children should accept the status quo. This is about fighting back.   For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) Research Assistance for The End of Sport provided by Abigail Bomba. __________________________________________________________________________ If you are interested, you can support the show via our Patreon! As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. www.TheEndofSport.com  

Le podcast Culture Soccer est de retour, cette fois avec Mathieu Lemée à l'animation et Richard Luemba jr. comme consultant régulier.C'est le jour des trois D dans cet épisode: 1-Démission de Kevin Gilmore à la présidence du CF Montréal. On revient sur le timing de cette annonce et le contexte qui l'a entouré.2-Dénonciation de l'ex-joueuse des Whitecaps de Vancouver, Malloree Enoch, qui affirme avoir refusé plusieurs avances sexuelles de son ex-entraineur, Hubert Busby fils. La MLS a déclaré faire une enquête sur ces allégations d'inconduite au sein des Whitecaps qui a déjà été impliqué dans un autre scandale d'allégations de comportement abusif alors que Ciara McCormack avait déjà sonné dénocé l'ancien entraîneur-chef de l'équipe canadienne féminine u-20, Bob Birarda, en février 2019. On fait le résumé de la situation.3-Decision Day. Jour décisif en MLS alors que 5 équipes dans l'Est et 4 dans l'Ouest vont se disputer les dernières places en séries disponibles, tandis que d'autres déjà qualifiées vont tenté d'améliorer leur place au classement. On trace un portrait des forces en présence et des matchs à surveiller.Bonne écoute.

In Hour 4 we were joined by Tom Gazzola in the Chronicles & Ciara McCormack of Girls Can Soccer and TOPP Soccer

On this week's episode of All of US: The U.S. Women's Soccer Show, Goal's Seth Vertelney and Ameé Ruszkai are joined by former Ireland international Ciara McCormack. Ciara is an outspoken figure when it comes to abuse in women's soccer, having been a whistleblower herself in 2019. This episode details the fateful encounter in a grocery store which encouraged her to come forward, as well as Ciara's thoughts on the current abuse issues in the NWSL and the way to combat them moving forward.

We explore the aftermath of the shocking allegations of abuse in women's football in the USA. The news from the NWSL was particularly distressing for former Irish international Ciara McCormack, because for many years in Canada, Ciara tried to be heard and taken seriously when in 2008 she highlighted alleged mis-conduct by her coach at the Vancouver White Caps, Bob Birarda. In 2019, McCormack wrote a blog post called "A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story – The Story No One Wants to Listen To, But Everyone Needs to Hear." Birarda, who was also the coach of the Canadian women's under-20 team, was charged with multiple sex offences in 2020, which he denies and is await trial. Ciara started by explaining about the atmosphere and power dynamic at the club. The first new sickle-cell treatment in 20 years was announced this week. It's expected to help keep thousands of people out of hospital and reduce health inequalities for black people, who are predominantly affected. Like Nigerian Rugby League star Ade Adebisi, or the "London Flyer" as he was known in his playing days. Ade holds a unique place in the history of the sport as he is the only person to have played the game professionally whilst also managing the condition. Plus we hear from Libyan International footballer Mo Bettamer as the nation looks to qualify for it's first ever men's world cup preview the big fight in Las Vegas, Fury v Wilder III and look ahead to the Manchester derby in the Women's Super League Photo Credit Getty Images

In the latest episode, Tom Hussey is joined by Catherine Paquette, Hannah Lichenstein and special guest, former Republic of Ireland footballer, Ciara McCormack. They discuss the ramifications of the abuse coming out within women's football, most recently highlighted by Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim and how to tackle it.  If you like what you hear then be sure to subscribe, share the episode and leave a review. Stay in touch with us on social media at @Since71Blog or via email contact@since-71.com.Further reading: since-71.com/the-long-read-nwsl-abuse-not-new-or-isolated-2/Theme: Sleepyfish 'Let Girls Play Soccer.'

Today on iScore Caradh was joined by former Ireland international Ciara McCormack. They discussed the sexual misconduct allegations in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the US.Ciara also spoke about her experience as a whistle-blower in Canadian soccer and the Vancouver Whitecaps as well her belief that in order to see meaningful change in sport, it will need to be athlete led. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - Ger and Eoin are joined by Brian McAvoy, Ulster provincial secretary to discuss Championship reform. Former Ireland international, Ciara McCormack on the NWSL and we talk Ireland football walking tours with Labour TD, Aodhan O Riordain and Gary Cooke  - Timestamps and topics below. (01:00) - OTB AM is LIVE - Ger and Eoin (16:40) - Brian McAvoy - Championship reform (57:20) - Sports Pages (1:08:30) - Will O'Callaghan (1:18:30) - Ciara McCormack on NWSL (01:41:20) - Irish football walking tours Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #BestFaceForward

Ciara McCormack joined Ger Gilroy and Eoin Sheahan on Tuesday's #OTBAM to discuss the NWSL scandal. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #BestFaceForward

On this episode I am joined by the incredible Ciara McCormack.  We chat about being in a Champions League final squad, playing abroad and playing internationally for Ireland. We take a look at Ciara's role with Can PFA and how important it is for recognition from the CPL. We also talk about how important it is to have professional women's soccer in Canada too. Finally Ciara gives her thought on the Icelandic FA Board's mass resignation on the back of a sexual abuse scandal and how different it was with the case she brought forward for her fellow players in 2008 with the Whitecaps organization. We Ciara lets me know how thing have changed and also how many things have stayed the same with a lot of people involved being still in the game and the reaction to the blog she posted about the whole situation. To top it all off Ciara gives an amazing 5-a-side team as well.   Ciara's blog post: A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story  https://ciaramccormack.com/2019/02/25/a-horrific-canadian-soccer-story-the-story-no-one-wants-to-listen-to-but-everyone-needs-to-hear/

Thurles community activist and mother-of-five Ciara McCormack joined Fran to talk about the crippling costs of going back to school. This comes in the wake of St Vincent de Paul getting 300 calls a day, every day last week, as people prepare to get their children back into classrooms.

Ciara McCormack, Canadian soccer whistleblower and founder of Girls Can Soccer, and Jessica Luther, freelance journalist and co-host of the Burn It All Down podcast, join us to discuss the Vancouver Whitecaps and Soccer Canada's handling of the multiple sex offences committed by coach Bob Birarda. Ciara details her thought process behind deciding to go public with her story, the community's response, and the power dynamics that come with the Canadian national team's recruitment process. Jessica talks about her experience as a journalist covering these stories and the environment of women's sports.

Minister Mary Butler has announced that a premises has been secured for Jigsaw in Thurles. This will provide mental health support and services for young people in the area. She also says that recruitment for the service is nearing conclusion. Dean McGrath is Chairman for Tipperary Fight for Mental Health Services and Ciara McCormack spoke to Fran about this on the show this morning.

**Content warning: this episode discusses physical, sexual, and emotional abuse within Canadian soccer.** In this episode of The End of Sport, Johanna and Derek are joined for a second time by Ciara McCormack, a former professional soccer player with the Vancouver Whitecaps and whistleblower on abuses within the Canadian soccer system, about the physical emotional abuse that former coach Bob Birarda inflicted upon players. In the second of a two-part show, Ciara walks us through what it was like to return to the Whitecaps years after experiencing abuse from Bob Birarda and team and, fascinatingly, talks about what ultimately led up to the release of “A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story” and how it was received by the team, fans, and media (who, unsurprisingly, were not very supportive). In the balk half of the episode, Ciara talks about what is next now that Bob Birarda has been arrested and charged. We finish with a discussion about the wonderful work Ciara is doing to change the sport for younger generations. Ciara McCormack is a former college and professional soccer player who played soccer at Yale University and the University Connecticut, and later professionally for a wide variety of top teams for 7 years ranging from the Boston Renegades and Vancouver Whitecaps Women to teams in Denmark, Norway, and Australia. She also played for the Republic of Ireland from 2008-2014. She was the 1st Canadian player to make it to the Champions League Final. To top off her achievements, she also has a whopping total of 3 Master's degrees on subjects related to women's soccer. Importantly, Ciara has spoken out publicly about the verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse that she experienced on the Whitecaps and in Canadian soccer. Finally, Ciara is the founder of Girls Can Soccer and TOPP Soccer, both of which we will certainly get to in the interview. You can find Ciara on Twitter!   For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) After listening to the episode, check out our most recent pieces: “College Football Feels All Too Normal During the Pandemic” in TIME Magazine “College Football in a Pandemic Reveals our Capacity for Trumpism” in The Baffler “Red-Scare Rhetoric Isn't Gone From Histories of American Sport” in Jacobin Magazine "Canceling the College-Football Season Isn't Enough" published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “'We are being gaslit': College football and Covid-19 are imperiling athletes” in The Guardian “Canceling the college football season is about union busting, not health” also in The Guardian __________________________________________________________________________ As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. @Derekcrim @JohannaMellis @Nkalamb @EndofSportPod www.TheEndofSport.com

**Content warning: this episode discusses physical, sexual, and emotional abuse within Canadian soccer.** In this episode of The End of Sport, Johanna and Derek are joined by Ciara McCormack, a former professional soccer player with the Vancouver Whitecaps and whistleblower on abuses within the Canadian soccer system, about the physical emotional abuse that former coach Bob Birarda inflicted upon players. In the first of a two-part show, Ciara details her own background in soccer and what led to her professional career in Vancouver before shifting focus to her whistleblowing on the harms being done to athletes in the system. The show then quickly turns to a discussion of everything leading up to Ciara's decision to post a widely influential blog in 2019, “A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story.” Ciara paints a bleak and absolutely necessary picture of problems in Canadian soccer, Canadian sport more generally, and a system that is built upon the centralization of top-down power in the sport. And…as you would expect, we even get into media complicity in the whole thing. Ciara McCormack is a former college and professional soccer player who played soccer at Yale University and the University Connecticut, and later professionally for a wide variety of top teams for 7 years ranging from the Boston Renegades and Vancouver Whitecaps Women to teams in Denmark, Norway, and Australia. She also played for the Republic of Ireland from 2008-2014. She was the 1st Canadian player to make it to the Champions League Final. To top off her achievements, she also has a whopping total of 3 Master's degrees on subjects related to women's soccer. Importantly, Ciara has spoken out publicly about the verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse that she experienced on the Whitecaps and in Canadian soccer. Finally, Ciara is the founder of Girls Can Soccer and TOPP Soccer, both of which we will certainly get to in the interview. Stay tuned for Part II next week! You can find Ciara on Twitter!     For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) Show Producer: Tristan Loper After listening to the episode, check out our most recent pieces: “College Football Feels All Too Normal During the Pandemic” in TIME Magazine “College Football in a Pandemic Reveals our Capacity for Trumpism” in The Baffler “Red-Scare Rhetoric Isn't Gone From Histories of American Sport” in Jacobin Magazine "Canceling the College-Football Season Isn't Enough" published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “'We are being gaslit': College football and Covid-19 are imperiling athletes” in The Guardian “Canceling the college football season is about union busting, not health” also in The Guardian __________________________________________________________________________ As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. @Derekcrim @JohannaMellis @Nkalamb @EndofSportPod www.TheEndofSport.com

Welcome back to another episode of the Third Sub Podcast! In episode 66, Alex and Sam are back, as usual, this time to chat about some Canadian Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps news stories. First, they dive into Forge FC's run in CONCACAF League, in which they unfortunately bowed out in the quarter-finals and lost a subsequent playoff in, as a win in either of those games would've seen them qualify straight to the CONCACAF Champions League, something they can still do with a win over Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship final early on in 2021. It was a strong CONCACAF run, however, and that fact isn't lost on Alex and Sam, who tip their hats to the still-new franchise on its efforts. After, they dive into the news over in York, as it was announced that York 9 is now York United, as they conducted a big rehaul on the branding side. They give their thoughts on the changes, giving high marks to the branding itself, while giving their thoughts on what they think this may or may not accomplish in the long run. Next, they touch on a bit of Montreal Impact news, as they get set to resume their 2020 CONCACAF Champions League campaign next week, before looking at the news that Canadian Premier League teams might be able to host fans in their home markets when that league campaign resumes in 2021. Lastly, they finish with a bit of Whitecaps news, as they touch on the rumours of Deiber Caicedo's reported signing in Vancouver, before looking at some MLS free agents the 'Caps could target. They also touch on the news that former Women's head coach Bob Birarda was criminally charged yesterday, thanks to some very important whistleblowing by some former players, led by Ciara McCormack, who's put out some important blog posts denouncing the actions of her former coach, and how the allegations against him were handled. If you have Twitter, make sure to check out The Third Sub Podcast @thirdsubpod!

Her name is Ciara McCormack. She was one of the first people that came out to try and get the word out.She's also a Former Whitecaps player.

Halloween unfortunately always seems to bring out the worst in some people and this year was no exception. Despite the restrictions imposed by Covid, this years Halloween was not without its incidents. And its something that's been highlighted by former Councillor and local activist Ciara McCormack who spoke to Fran on the show this morning

Ciara McCormack spoke to Fran on Tipp Today on her struggles financially in trying to meet the cost of rearing her family and questions if there is any incentive to work given that many families are better off on social welfare.

Tipp Today: Thurles Community Activist Ciara McCormack by Tipp FM Radio

Today on ST,Kevin and Duane talk about Ciara McCormack's blog post, a year later, and has the culture changed enough.A great show as always, check it out.If you are in a position to help someone affected by COVID-19 and its ramifications, please consider helping.Consider supporting us through these times with a share and a review.Become a VIP and get access to exclusive content on top of supporting independent journalism.http://patreon.com/sportspodcastingnetworkThe world of football with a soccer perspective, this is Soccer Today! on the Sports Podcasting NetworkLIVE at 11 am E / 8 am P Monday to Friday on Twitter/Periscope @SoccerTodaySPNHosted by Duane Rollins @24thminute and Kevin Laramée @kevlarameehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soccer-today!-on-spn-radio/id1123104604?mt=2https://sportspodcastingnetwork.com/

Today on ST,Kevin and Duane talk about Ciara McCormack's blog post, a year later, and has the culture changed enough.A great show as always, check it out.If you are in a position to help someone affected by COVID-19 and its ramifications, please consider helping.Consider supporting us through these times with a share and a review.Become a VIP and get access to exclusive content on top of supporting independent journalism.http://patreon.com/sportspodcastingnetworkThe world of football with a soccer perspective, this is Soccer Today! on the Sports Podcasting NetworkLIVE at 11 am E / 8 am P Monday to Friday on Twitter/Periscope @SoccerTodaySPNHosted by Duane Rollins @24thminute and Kevin Laramée @kevlarameehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soccer-today!-on-spn-radio/id1123104604?mt=2https://sportspodcastingnetwork.com/

Soccer Today from April 8th, 2019 with Ciara McCormackhttps://ciaramccormack.com/

Soccer Today from April 8th, 2019 with Ciara McCormackhttps://ciaramccormack.com/

Today on ST,Kevin and Duane talk about Ciara McCormack's blog post, a year later, and has the culture changed enough.A great show as always, check it out.If you are in a position to help someone affected by COVID-19 and its ramifications, please consider helping.Consider supporting us through these times with a share and a review.Become a VIP and get access to exclusive content on top of supporting independent journalism.http://patreon.com/sportspodcastingnetworkThe world of football with a soccer perspective, this is Soccer Today! on the Sports Podcasting NetworkLIVE at 11 am E / 8 am P Monday to Friday on Twitter/Periscope @SoccerTodaySPNHosted by Duane Rollins @24thminute and Kevin Laramée @kevlarameehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soccer-today!-on-spn-radio/id1123104604?mt=2https://sportspodcastingnetwork.com/

Soccer Today from April 8th, 2019 with Ciara McCormackhttps://ciaramccormack.com/

Today on ST,Kevin and Duane talk about Ciara McCormack's blog post, a year later, and has the culture changed enough.A great show as always, check it out.If you are in a position to help someone affected by COVID-19 and its ramifications, please consider helping.Consider supporting us through these times with a share and a review.Become a VIP and get access to exclusive content on top of supporting independent journalism.http://patreon.com/sportspodcastingnetworkThe world of football with a soccer perspective, this is Soccer Today! on the Sports Podcasting NetworkLIVE at 11 am E / 8 am P Monday to Friday on Twitter/Periscope @SoccerTodaySPNHosted by Duane Rollins @24thminute and Kevin Laramée @kevlarameehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soccer-today!-on-spn-radio/id1123104604?mt=2https://sportspodcastingnetwork.com/

Soccer Today from April 8th, 2019 with Ciara McCormackhttps://ciaramccormack.com/

Soccer Today from April 8th, 2019 with Ciara McCormackhttps://ciaramccormack.com/

Today on ST,Kevin and Duane talk about Ciara McCormack's blog post, a year later, and has the culture changed enough.A great show as always, check it out.If you are in a position to help someone affected by COVID-19 and its ramifications, please consider helping.Consider supporting us through these times with a share and a review.Become a VIP and get access to exclusive content on top of supporting independent journalism.http://patreon.com/sportspodcastingnetworkThe world of football with a soccer perspective, this is Soccer Today! on the Sports Podcasting NetworkLIVE at 11 am E / 8 am P Monday to Friday on Twitter/Periscope @SoccerTodaySPNHosted by Duane Rollins @24thminute and Kevin Laramée @kevlarameehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soccer-today!-on-spn-radio/id1123104604?mt=2https://sportspodcastingnetwork.com/

Voici l'entrevue intégrale que Stephanie Radziszewski a menée il y a quelques mois avec Ciara McCormack.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier diffusent leur dernier segment d'entrevue avec Ciara McCormack sur les différentes pistes de solutions qu'elle évoque.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier entament leur avant-dernière semaine avec Ciara McCormack qui discute des enjeux qui touchent les principaux intéressés du podcast, les athlètes.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier discutent avec Ciara McCormack de son initiative TOPP Soccer.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier discutent avec Kevin Laramée, un des seuls journalistes québécois à avoir interviewé Ciara McCormack sur son histoire.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier reviennent sur le segment d'entrevue de Ciara McCormack sur la couverture médiatique de son histoire.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier reviennent sur le quatrième segment d'entrevue avec Ciara McCormack qui parle des gouvernements.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier diffusent le deuxième segment de l'entrevue avec Ciara McCormack concernant les entraîneurs et Soccer Canada.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier font une ligne du temps de toute la situation à Vancouver avec les Whitecaps et parlent à Ciara McCormack concernant la parution du rapport de l'équipe professionnelle.

Stephanie Radziszewski et Étienne Bouthillier diffusent le premier extrait de leur entrevue avec Ciara McCormack concernant l'évolution de sa situation suite à sa dénonciation au et tous les événements de mai 2019.

That was the sound at B.C. Place last April, during a walkout by members of a Vancouver Whitecaps supporter group. They did that to protest the club's response to abuse allegations against a former women's soccer coach. In May, the Whitecaps commissioned an independent review of the allegations, and the Whitecaps' respectful workplace policies and procedures. Today, that report has been published.  It found the soccer club did not attempt to “cover up” allegations of harassment by a former coach in the women's program - but said it had failed in its communication with players about the incident. The report was commissioned following explosive allegations that dated back to 2008, which were published on a blog in February by Ciara McCormack, a former Whitecaps women's team and Canada women's under-20 (U20) national team player. It spoke with more than 350 people, and has produced 34 recommendations.   Guest: Ciara McCormack Former Whitecaps player whose blog post alleged abuse

CHAPTER 1

Ciara McCormack weighs in and gives her opinion on the report released by the Whitecaps today. Ciara says in her opinion, there are red flags that come up in the report. Ciara says in the end, her hope is that all of this leads to sport becoming a safer place & lead organizations to be he held to higher standards and accountability.

Ciara McCormack enters The Inner Circle this week to talk about the scandal that swept the news regarding Canada Soccer and the Vancouver Whitecaps, and how she was at the center of this national firestorm. Ciara shares the details of the scandal itself and describes to us how she did all the right things, used her voice for years, and still, no one listened. She then found the courage and inner strength to go live and publish her blog, recounting all the details and her truth, and finally, people started to take action. Ciara gives advice and resources for others who have a story to share and helps us see why it's so important to be an advocate for those who feel trapped or taken advantage of. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Ciara's background in soccer and the path led her to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps. How Ciara and her teammates had their passion and trust turn into a very inappropriate and frightening situation. The details of the scandal, and how Ciara was coached by a man that made them feel the only way to success was to go along with his very abusive ways. What it feels like for Ciara to finally have her emotions recognized and validated by others. Why it was tough for the players to step up and say anything, knowing they would lose so much that they worked hard and sacrificed for, along with their chance to play for the National Team. When she hit her breaking point and knew she needed to say something for herself and all the girls that were affected by the scandal. The heartbreaking moments of betrayal, false promises, and neglect that Ciara endured from the community and professionals in the league. Her very real and intense fears surrounding going public with her story The overwhelming support and gratitude she was met with once she released her story into the world and published her blog. How soccer fan groups started protesting and walking out of Whitecap games, and what that really meant to her. The idealization around high-level sports, and why we need to hold people accountable no matter what their status or profession. Her advice to others for someone potentially in the same position. How her company Topp Soccer helps others realize there is not just one pathway to achieve your goals and opportunities. Quotes: “It's been a lesson in channelling energy towards its best use.” “You don't have the words or the framework, you just know what's going on isn't right.” “It was the cards I was dealt, and I was going to not let it destroy me.” “I don't think society was ready to hear it.” “Enough is enough with this stuff.” “I would rather live authentically than trying to control anything to happen.” “I felt such a weight off my shoulders that the story had finally been heard.” “It's so important to help others speak their truth.” Mentioned: Vancouver Whitecaps Canadian Soccer Association Topp Soccer A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story @ciaramccormack Journey Into the Inner Circle: Carrie Doll @CarrieADoll – Twitter @carriedollconsulting – Instagram Carrie Doll – Facebook Please rate, review and follow the podcast! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fans of the Vancouver Whitecaps, a professional soccer club in Canada, are walking out on their team during games. They’re angry with the club for the way it’s handled abuse allegations against a former coach, which date back to 2008.At the time, members of the Whitecaps’ women’s team said their coach, Bob Birarda, behaved inappropriately and sent players sexually charged text messages.The allegations resurfaced recently after former Whitecaps player Ciara McCormack wrote about her own experience in a blog post.The World’s Carol Hills asked her what caused her to come forward again now.Ciara McCormack: The CBC did a big story about abuse in sport. And I think for me, that was the first time that I saw it being spoken about and recognized in Canadian society. I was asked to go on a TV show around this article and ask questions and ask experts about if national sport organizations could properly investigate themselves. The answers were so, I thought, subpar, in terms of saying things like, "Oh, we've got policies on our website," and all this kind of stuff that I knew didn't work. All the people that are involved with the Whitecaps, like [team president] Bob Leonarduzzi, [chief operating officer] Rachel Lewis, people that were involved in our situation in 2008, were still there. And just feeling that it's the same situation for players. There was a situation in 2017 that a mom was on the news talking about how her son had been assaulted and how the Whitecaps tried to handle it internally, which was sort of the same protocol. So, I think it was just a combination of knowing all the factors were the same.Carol Hills:  So, just to be clear, in 2008 no one went to team officials. So, the charges have happened now in 2019. Am I correct in that?No. So, things have come out, obviously, since I've written the blog — lots people have stepped forward. Our manager with the Whitecaps at the time went on record in the media in Vancouver to say that she went to the Whitecaps management numerous times with concerns as an adult in the situation. So, they were well aware that this was going on but not really doing anything about it. There was an investigation that they told us was handled by a third-party ombudsman. But since then, it has come out that it was actually a lawyer that they hired. They never interviewed the girls on the team that experienced those things. So, all this has been coming out since.So, how has the current Whitecaps management handled these allegations as of your blog and as of the current news media cycle that's focusing on it?I think the strategy seemed to be, in the beginning, they thought this was just going to go away. Nobody reached out to us. It was just all very, very generic statements.That statement we refer to, it said, “The club holds itself accountable for creating a respectful, progressive workplace for all staff and players, that club players have access to an ombudsperson to share information on a confidential basis and that, in this case, that ombudsperson had no recommendations for further action.”Now, let's talk about Bob Birarda, the coach at the center of this. What is he doing at this point? What's his situation?At this point, he hasn't been charged, which I think is an important thing to say. He hasn't commented publicly.Is he coaching women's soccer currently?He was actually coaching right up till the day after my blog. He was suspended from his club. He's been on the field essentially three months after he was let go by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Whitecaps. He was back on the field coaching teenage girls because there wasn't anything publicly that was said that could have made a club do anything about it from a technical standpoint. Since then, he's been suspended from his club, but he still has his coaching license. The Canadian Soccer Association, or BC Soccer, as far as I know, haven't suspended his coaching license.Was he let go from the Whitecaps because of this controversy?From what we were told, yes. The timing of it was six weeks before the World Cup, they had won the CONCACAF [tournament] and beaten the US. So, the team was playing well on the field. We were told behind the scenes that he was let go because of this, but it was announced publicly as a mutual decision and the Canadian Soccer Association went as far to say in their statement that they wished him the best of luck in the future.How do you feel about Whitecaps fans, I mean fans of the men's Major League Soccer team, supporting you so publicly by staging walkouts during soccer games?I mean, it's been incredible and not something I think that any of us were expecting. Change needs to happen. It can't just be the group that had something happen to [it], it has to be other people stepping forward. I've been so inspired by them getting involved in this.Ciara McCormack played for the Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team in 2008 and she's one of the players who allege inappropriate behavior by former coach Bob Birada.This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Former women's professional national soccer player Ciara McCormack joins the show to discuss the recent allegations towards a former coach of the Whitecaps' women team.

What a wonderful young woman Gerry talked with to open today's show! Ciara McCormack's work will lead to a far better quality of life for people living with Pulmonary Thrombosis. Fr Michael Cusack's time in Dundlak is coming to an end and he's leaving as he arrived all those years ago helping others. Susan Oakes has made a remarkable recovery from a serious brain injury. And those harbingers of Spring returning from the south of Africa - Swallows and Martins have been spotted - Dick Coombes from Birdwatch welcomed their arrival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we: - discuss and recap Canada's three matches in the Algarve Cup (1:43) - interview Ciara McCormack, TOPP founder and Irish international soccer player, about her playing career and blog post, "A Horrific Canadian Soccer Story – The Story No One Wants to Listen To, But Everyone Needs to Hear" (35:50)

The new MLS season is underway. Vancouver Whitecaps maybe started it somewhat underwhelmingly with a 3-2 loss at home to Minnesota United, but there's a long road ahead. We pick over the bones of that opening day defeat and hear from both head coaches, Vancouver's Marc Dos Santos and Minnesota's Adrian Heath. We also delve into some of the aspects of what went good and what went wrong for the Whitecaps and look at some individual player's performances and some needs in the squad. Will there be changes in store for next week's trip to Real Salt Lake? Plus we look at the weekend's action in the MLS Western Conference, chat about the Canadian Premier League news of the week, have a discussion about abuse in football following Ciara McCormack's unsettling blog post last week, and Helen Love are back in this week's Wavelength section. Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:02.46: Vancouver Whitecaps v Minnesota United Match in Review22.25: Coaches audio - Marc Dos Santos and Adrian Heath28.46: More Vancouver v Minnesota chat35.45: Wavelength - Helen Love - New Squad Attacking Formation43.15: Whitecaps player analysis and discussion64.44: MLS West Week In Review82.56: Canadian Premier League News of the Week88.32: A discussion on coaching abuse in football

Ciara McCormack is a retired international footballer with experience in multiple countries including Canada, Australia, and the United States. She wrote and published a story about an issue happening in Australian soccer that caught my attention. So, I asked if she would be interested in discussing it with me and she said yes. And I […] The post Episode 151: How Would Real Competition Help Women’s Soccer in America, Canada, and Australia? Ciara McCormack Tells Her Side of the Story. appeared first on 3four3.