Overview
- Major League Soccer said it will reexamine the case and urged anyone with relevant information to use the league’s anonymous reporting hotline.
- The Philadelphia Union placed Ernst Tanner on administrative leave while the reopened inquiry proceeds.
- An earlier MLS investigation concluded in September without corroborating the claims but required Tanner to complete a structured workplace-conduct program.
- The Guardian’s reporting, based on an MLSPA complaint, documents and interviews with 17 sources, details alleged racist, sexist and anti-gay remarks, inappropriate touching reported to HR, and a contentious Union II coaching hire.
- Tanner, through his attorney, denies the accusations and says he will cooperate with the league’s process.