Fifteen players resign from Spanish women’s football team in bid to oust head coach

Fifteen of Spain’s best women footballers have resigned from the national team, saying the training methods of their head coach are harming their emotional states and health.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said in a statement Thursday that it has received 15 emails from 15 players asking not to be selected and referred to the players having an issue with the national team coach Jorge Vilda and staff.

The federation said it was “an unprecedented situation in the history of football, both male and female, in Spain and worldwide.”

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