Whitecaps’ response to misconduct allegations was appropriate, review says

Major League Soccer has released the findings of an independent investigation into the Vancouver Whitecaps organization’s handling of allegations of misconduct brought by members of the Whitecaps’ women’s team against former coaches Bob Birarda and Hubert Busby. The independent review, conducted by Janice Rubin and Melody Jahanzadeh of Rubin Thomlinson LLP, “found that the Whitecaps’ response to the allegations was appropriate and that the club acted expeditiously to hire an experienced workplace investigator, relied on the investigator’s judgment, and adhered to all of the investigator’s recommendations”, according to an MLS statement on Thursday afternoon.