Throughout one game, Burke berated a rookie, McCullough and two other former Spirit players recalled, until she appeared to have a panic attack on the field, clutching her chest because she could not breathe. As she “hyperventilated,” Burke “just kept going,” the second former player said. “When he smells blood, he goes harder.”
Players say Richie Burke, former coach of NWSLs Spirit, verbally abused them – The Washington Post
