{"id":2022630,"date":"2023-09-05T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spains-womens-soccer-coach-fired-after-kiss-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:03:49","slug":"spains-womens-soccer-coach-fired-after-kiss-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spains-womens-soccer-coach-fired-after-kiss-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer coach sacked over kiss controversy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspains-womens-soccer-coach-fired-after-kiss-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vilda (left) stands alongside Rubiales during the Women\u2019s World Cup final. (Maddie Meyer\/FIFA\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:55 PM \u2013 Tuesday, September 5, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Spain\u2019s women\u2019s soccer team coach,\u2063 Jorge Vilda,\u200d has been \u200dfired by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following the controversy of Luis\u2019 Rubiales\u2019 controversial \u2064kiss with a player on the team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The news comes \u200das Rubiales was suspended as Spanish FA president for 90 days by FIFA after publicly kissing \u2063one of his players, Jenni \u2063Hermoso.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Spanish soccer federation has fired coach Jorge Vilda amid \u2062controversy over suspended official Luis Rubiales, who\u200b kissed player\u2062 Jennifer Hermoso without consent\u200c following Spain\u2019s Women&#8217;s World\u2063 Cup win.<\/p>\n<p>The RFEF did not \u200dgive a reason for dismissing Vilda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQ9Zb3qS1k\">pic.twitter.com\/uQ9Zb3qS1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Examiners Club. (@examinersclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/examinersclub\/status\/1699098619784180213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The RFEF issued a statement on Tuesday, apologizing\u2063 for the \u200b\u201ctotally unacceptable behavior\u201d by Rubiales, saying that the organization is cooperating \u200dwith angry sports\u2064 fans by implementing the disciplinary action. <\/p>\n<p>After the statement was \u200dreleased, Vilda was informed that he was fired and that Montse Tom\u00e9 would be his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u00e9 will be the first woman in history to coach the Spanish\u2063 women\u2019s soccer team. She has been the team\u2019s assistant coach alongside Vilda since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The statement made no mention of the\u200c specific reason for Vilda\u2019s dismissal,\u00a0since he was not\u200c the one who kissed the \u2064player, but\u200d the organization cited \u201cstructural changes\u201d \u2063within the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe RFEF wants to\u2064 convey to the whole of society and to the whole of world football its deepest regret for what has happened, which has tarnished our national team, our football and our society,\u201d \u200bthe \u200bstatement read. \u201cThe damage caused to Spanish football, to Spanish sport, to Spanish society and to the values of football and sport as a\u2064 whole has been enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the RFEF\u2062 still thanked the former coach in a statement, saying \u200cthat he: \u201chas been key to\u200b the notable growth in women\u2019s football and left Spain as World \u2063Champion and second\u2063 in FIFA ranking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vilda, 42,\u2062 had \u2063just recently led the women\u2019s\u2062 team to the World Cup after beating England in the finals. Yet, the victory had been largely overshadowed by president Rubiales\u2019 actions. <\/p>\n<p>Along with the FIFA suspension, the Spanish \u2064FA called for Rubiales\u2019 official\u2063 resignation and prosecutors have opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spains-womens-soccer-coach-fired-after-kiss-controversy\/\" title=\"Spain's women's soccer coach sacked over kiss controversy.\">preliminary sexual assault probe<\/a> into the \u200cincident. <\/p>\n<p>The Spanish FA\u200b president claimed that the kiss was consensual, however, Hermoso\u200c argued\u2064 in a\u2064 statement last\u200b month that she felt\u200b like \u201cthe victim of aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vilda had reportedly remained silent initially regarding Rubiales\u2019 behavior, even when 15 \u2063players complained about the\u2063 management system back in September of last year.<\/p>\n<p>When Rubiales declined to retire before the federation\u2019s Extraordinary General Assembly last month, he also gave his support to Vilda and claimed he was beginning the process of offering the coach a new four-year contract worth $542,000 per year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOn another level, a lot smaller (than my situation), but they wanted to do to you what they\u2019re doing to \u200dme now,\u201d Rubiales said at the time. \u201cA\u2063 false \u200cnarrative to try to transform it into the \u200dtruth. We\u2019ve suffered a lot,\u200c we\u2019ve gone through a lot, we\u2019ve swallowed a lot, but we\u2019ve been\u200b together: you and me and your team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Throughout the speech,\u2064 Vilda was seen cheering for Rubiales.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Vilda later issued a statement criticizing Rubiales\u2019\u200b \u201cimproper behavior\u201d after four assistant coaches for Spain\u2019s senior squad, two coaches for the women\u2019s youth teams, and five \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-postpones-chicago-bulls-next-two-games-due-to-covid-19-outbreak\/\" title=\"NBA Postpones Chicago Bulls Next Two Games Due To COVID-19 Outbreak\">additional staff members<\/a> for both the senior and youth women\u2019s teams departed last month.<\/p>\n<p>Vilda\u2019s controversy has only grown \u2062since the World Cup final, when footage from the \u2062game appeared to show him \u201cimproperly\u201d hugging a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-former-friends-have-joined-the-fascists\/\" title=\"My Former Friends Have Joined the Fascists\">female staff member<\/a> while celebrating Spain\u2019s goal over England.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200b Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk, the owner of X, is\u200c threating to \u200bsue the Anti-Defamation League for accusing the platform of \u2062antisemitism \u200cand encouraging advertisers to pull money from X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with major headlines in the\u2064 U.S and around the world<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mark Mix of the National\u200b Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation\u2063 says his organization \u2064is fighting \u200dBig Labor\u2019s Pro Act in Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Heritage Foundation\u2019s \u2063Brent \u200cSadler says the recent drone attacks on Russian soil may be intended\u2063 to provoke a negotiated solution with Russia<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) \u2013 Nubank, one of Latin America\u2019s biggest fintech companies, announced on \u2063Tuesday the launch of personal\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) \u2013 TikTok has hired British cybersecurity firm NCC to \u200caudit its\u200b data controls and protections, and provide \u2063independent verification, as\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BEIJING (Reuters) \u2013 Tesla Shanghai has sued a Chinese firm over tech secret infringement and unfair competition disputes, Shanghai Securities Journal reported\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>MUNICH (Reuters) \u2013 China\u2019s Leapmotor needs to increase\u2062 its sales by five times or more to survive a \u200dconsolidating EV industry and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer team coach, Jorge Vilda, has been dismissed by the RFEF after the controversy surrounding Rubiales&#8217; inappropriate kiss with a player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":2022631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}