Spain's soccer federation fired women's coach Jorge Vilda weeks after the team's Women's World Cup victory on Monday. Luis Rubiales
Spain's head coach Jorge Vilda reacts during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Sweden and Spain at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.
Interim soccer president Pedro Rocha apologized in a letter for Rubiales’ behavior. Rocha said the federation had the responsibility to ask for"the most sincere apologies to the soccer world as a whole," as well as soccer institutions, fans, players – especially of the women’s national team –"for the totally unacceptable behavior of its highest representative."
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