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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Allegations include: 
- A player turned downed 2011 FIFA World Cup roster spot invite to appease the Coach
- a player alleges intimacy with coach and another player

Seems those are allegations that another player can confirm or deny and that the Nat Team could confirm.

Odd to turn down a world cup roster spot [/quote]

Did you read the story? She turned down a camp. She didn't turn down a roster spot.

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She went to the camp.   Turned down team spot [/quote]

That's not what the story said. She was hoping to land one of the last spots in the camp. There's nothing that says that she turned down an official spot on the team, just an opportunity.

There were expectations that, despite little pro experience, her call-up signified a real chance of sneaking onto the 2011 World Cup roster. There were only two camps remaining until the team left for Germany, and the rest of the roster had been named.

When Farrelly got back from that national team camp a few days later, she met with Riley in his office. He was upset that the federation had called her without involving him, she said. Ten players across Riley’s coaching tenure described how he would “bash” and “shit-talk” the national team, and he has frequently spoken about his frustration with the team’s schedule and how it affects club play. Farrelly didn’t miss an Independence match because of the call-up, but she said Riley told her that she had been disloyal to him and her Independence teammates.

U.S. Soccer called her in to the final camp before the World Cup, set for June, but Farrelly surprisingly declined, saying she wanted to remain in Philadelphia. The next training session, “I could tell he was proud of my decision.”

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This is from another article in 2015. Doesn't say she turned down the team invite. Just the camp.

Prior to the 2011 World Cup, when Farrelly was the No. 2 pick in the defunct WPS College Draft and becoming a regular with the Philadelphia Independence, she participated in national team camps under Pia Sundhage in February and May. When the invite for the pre-World Cup camp arrived, she declined.

“It was just a weird time,” she said. “I was with my Philly team, and it was my first season. I went to one or two camps, and it’s not like I didn’t feel ready, I just wasn’t happy there. I liked Philly, and I just stayed.”

[url]https://www.delcotimes.com/2015/08/23/farrelly-has-what-it-takes-to-make-us-team/[/url][/quote]

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