{"id":295432,"date":"2023-11-04T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295432"},"modified":"2023-11-04T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T14:26:12","slug":"timbers-urged-not-to-hire-neville-over-history-of-sexist-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/timbers-urged-not-to-hire-neville-over-history-of-sexist-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers urged NOT to hire Neville over &apos;history of sexist statements&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Portland Timbers fans call on team NOT to hire Phil Neville over coach&#8217;s &#8216;history of sexist public statements&#8217; and lack of &#8216;proven track record&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phil Neville is reportedly in &#8216;advanced talks&#8217; to become Portland Timbers coach\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The Timbers Army said they were\u00a0&#8216;deeply disappointed&#8217; and urged a rethink<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Portland Timbers supporters have urged the team to &#8216;reconsider&#8217; possibly hiring Phil Neville over the coach&#8217;s &#8216;history of sexist public statements.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neville<span> is reportedly close to making a return to <\/span>MLS, with the former coach of Inter Miami\u00a0in &#8216;advanced talks&#8217; to become the next boss of\u00a0Portland.<\/p>\n<p>News of Neville&#8217;s possible arrival has sparked opposition among the Timbers Army, an independent supporters group of the MLS team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Portland Timbers are currently rebuilding a team on the pitch in addition to their ongoing efforts to rebuild trust with their fans and the community,&#8217; a statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are deeply disappointed that the club has reportedly settled on a finalist for head coach who has a history of sexist public statements that run counter to our ethos as a club, city and supporters&#8217; group.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/13\/77379933-12710005-Phil_Neville_could_return_to_MLS_with_the_Portland_Timbers_per_a-a-1_1699103934790.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Portland Timbers supporters have urged the team to &#8216;reconsider&#8217; possibly hiring Phil Neville\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group also accused Neville of lacking &#8216;a proven track record as a manager.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: &#8216;We urge the Timbers to reconsider this hire and re-evaluate other candidates before finalizing a contract.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Neville was forced to apologize back in 2018 over a string of sexist tweets that resurfaced shortly after he was named England women&#8217;s coach.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 the 46-year-old wrote: &#8216;Morning men couple of hours cricket be4 (before) work sets me up nicely for the day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Later, when asked why he only referred to men, he replied: &#8216;When I said morning men I thought the women would of [sic] been busy preparing breakfast\/getting kids ready\/making the beds-sorry morning women!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another Tweet read: &#8216;Relax I&#8217;m back chilled &#8211; just battered the wife!!! Feel better now!&#8217; while one message from December 2012 said: &#8216;U women of [Sic] always wanted equality until it comes to paying the bills #hypocrites&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Neville was axed by Inter Miami in June shortly before\u00a0Lionel Messi\u00a0joined the side.<\/p>\n<p>Portland recently fired\u00a0Gio Savarese, who led the club to MLS Cup appearances in 2018 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12710005\/Portland-Timbers-fans-call-NOT-hire-Phil-Neville-sexist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland Timbers fans call on team NOT to hire Phil Neville over coach&#8217;s &#8216;history of sexist public statements&#8217; and lack of &#8216;proven track record&#8217; Phil Neville is reportedly in &#8216;advanced talks&#8217; to become Portland Timbers coach\u00a0 The Timbers Army said they were\u00a0&#8216;deeply disappointed&#8217; and urged a rethink DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Timbers urged NOT to hire Neville over &amp;apos;history of sexist statements&amp;apos; 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