{"id":438508,"date":"2026-08-20T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:04:40","slug":"bay-fc-condemns-san-jose-earthquakes-hiring-of-gavin-wilkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438508\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay FC condemns San Jose Earthquakes’ hiring of Gavin Wilkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"

NWSL club Bay FC \u201cdenounced\u201d the Earthquakes\u2019 decision to hire former Thorns and Timbers President of Soccer Gavin Wilkinson<\/a> as a consultant until the end of the season, according to Seth Vertelney of USA TODAY. The hire has \u201cgenerated controversy<\/a>\u201d after Wilkinson\u2019s long tenure with the Portland clubs. Wilkinson was fired in 2022 after he was named in the\u202fYates Report<\/a>, which \u201cdetailed systematic abuse\u202fby several coaches in the NWSL.\u201d Bay FC said in a statement, \u201cWe believe the actions and history associated with Wilkinson\u2019s time in professional soccer are inconsistent with the standards we hold for those entrusted to lead in our sport.\u201d Bay FC and the Earthquakes are not affiliated but the clubs share PayPal Park in San Jose. Sporting K.C. hired Wilkinson as sporting director in 2024, but the club \u201cbacktracked on the decision<\/a> after just a week following a furious backlash from fans<\/a>.\u201d Some Earthquakes fans have also \u201cexpressed disappointment\u201d at the club\u2019s decision to hire Wilkinson, with a \u201cGW OUT\u201d banner seen at Saturday\u2019s home game against St. Louis City SC (USA TODAY, 8\/19<\/a>).<\/p>\n

GETTING ON TRACK: ESPN.com\u2019s Jeff Carlisle cited sources as saying that earlier this year, prior to his employment with the Quakes, Wilkinson \u201cdid consulting work for the MLS league office on a \u2018competition project.\u2019\u201d One source said that Wilkinson \u201cparticipated in a restorative accountability process\u201d that was reviewed by the league, and he was deemed \u201csuitable to work as a consultant for MLS.\u201d Carlisle noted the process was \u201coverseen by\u201d MLS EVP & Chief Engagement Officer Sola Winley. It was \u201con this basis of restorative accountability\u201d that the Quakes\u2019 moved forward with its hiring of Wilkinson (ESPN.com, 8\/19<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NWSL club Bay FC \u201cdenounced\u201d the Earthquakes\u2019 decision to hire former Thorns and Timbers President of Soccer Gavin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[11203,8858,88,90,89,1083,8859],"class_list":["post-438508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-mls","tag-nwsl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-soccer","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}