Another Bu Soccer -Alun claims “abuse” from the coach after being “triggered” (exclusive)

Since her New Year at Boston University women’s football team, Sophia Woodland knew something was wrong. At the helm was the football team Nancy Feldmanthe now retired head coach, as Alex Cooper publicly accused of sexual harassment in Hulu Call her Alex Documentary, which was released in early June.

In an exclusive interview with People, Woodland – which played for Bu Women’s Soccer Team from 2019 to 2022 – opened about her own experience led by Feldman, who was her coach for the first three years until she retired.

“The first word that will think about is just” horrible, “Woodland tells people when he describes Feldman for those who are not familiar and adds,” she is horrible. She thinks, putting on a really good front. ”

“During the recruitment process, everyone would talk about how amazing she was,” she continues. “All my club coaches who knew her in Massachusetts, she had a fantastic reputation – and the other I came to school I was like,” I’ve been linked. This is not the same person I committed under. “

Woodland further claims, “I would go so far as to say that she is an addict and manipulator.”

Massachusett’s native tells people that she “did not meet sexual harassment” from Feldman as Cooper claimed that she was handling herself; Rather, she claimed that her experience was more mental.

“Much of what I met was just psychological abuse and manipulation tactics and this threat, psychological threats, tactics from her that had a lot to do with my body,” she claims. “But I never really felt comfortable. It was almost humiliating.”

Woodland reminded of the alleged abuse of Feldman that happened directly upon her arrival in BU and shared examples.

“My beginner and the second year, from the other I got there, it always was, always about my body,” she tells people about the “review” that she experienced from Feldman. “And I was, ‘Okay, why did you recruit me then? Why am I even here?’ Because you knew what my body looked

Woodland said she had a “thin building” her New Year’s year, an asset she said “did her well” and “scary” as a player – but she claimed that Feldman called her body “underdeveloped” and that she needed to “put on weight” if she wanted to be “successful.”

“She was like,” I want you to work with our strength coach and you have to win 30 to 40 pounds and weigh as much as and so, “” The former player claims about what Feldman would say to her and spent, “She would constantly pick up a teammate, who also played my position.”

Woodland told people that she “never really felt comfortable” and told her teammates about what she experienced at that time. However, she would call her parents and told them how she was “so shocked” and “(not) even know what to do.”

During her junior year in the spring of 2022, Woodland recalled that she and several of her BU teammates would schedule sessions with the university’s psychologist in the wake of Stanford Soccer Player Katie MeyerS Death by suicide at the age of 22 Around March of that year.

“After ten minutes, the conversation went from talking about (Katie’s) suicide to our own experiences with Nancy and the abuse that many people met,” she recalls.

“It got so bad where every single one of us walked around the room and shared things that were said to us personally in meetings over the years,” Woodland continues and raised, “and we just cried and heard each other’s stories.”

She remembered, “It was the first time, I think for many of us, that we began to hear other people’s situations and realized how bad it was.”

After a 27-year term as inaugural coach for the Boston University Women’s Soccer Team, Feldman announced his pension on April 11. Casey Brown was her successor (WHO met similar accusations from football players during her time at the helm).

People have reached both Feldman and Boston University for comments, but have not yet heard.

Woodland, who first shared their first reactions to hear the charges against Feldman on Tiktok After Cooper’s claims were published in Call her Alex Documentary tells people that it was “triggering” to watch the series when it was released at Hulu.

“To hear her talk and hear her experience was so triggering to me in a way because so much of what she experienced or was said to her specifically related to her body,” she shares and emphasized, “I had a very similar experience with just having my body examined all the time.”

When she looked at Cooper’s documentary, she adds, “It was a really, really odd feeling.”

During his time at Bu Soccer team, Woodland remembered that she and her teammates “always knew there was something wrong.” She says: “I was a big fan of Call her dad – And essentially the story was like, “Don’t bring up Alex Cooper to Nancy.” ”

When the documentary was released, it all clicked for Woodland.

“We always waited, I was like,” I want her to come out with this so badly because hopefully someone will finally listen and take this seriously, “she says.” And so when she did, I didn’t really expect it to be sexual harassment, but it makes sense almost now to put together pieces. ”

Like Cooper, Woodland tells people that she chooses to share her story in an attempt to “strengthen” others and “create a better landscape” in college athletics, even as someone who does not have “so massive” a platform as the media personality.

“I have a voice and I have an experience and I feel that I have the ability to express my experience,” she says.

“My hope is that just being an ordinary person who speaks out can hopefully give other people the opportunity to share their experience and own their experience,” Woodland continues. “And mainly takes back their power from someone who made them feel afraid of all the time that they were there.”

She ends, “I think the more like people speak out, the more we can create conversation and drive the story forward to create a better landscape in college athletics.”

Following Cooper’s allegations of sexual harassment against Feldman, Boston University responded to claims In a statement obtained by people June 12.

“Boston University has a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment. We have a robust system of resources, support and staff devoted to the student’s well -being and a thorough reporting process through our equal opportunity office,” wrote the university in a statement obtained by people on Thursday, June 12.

“We encourage members of our society to report any problems, and we remain committed to promoting a safe and secure campus environment for everyone,” concluded the statement.

As for claims against former coach Brown – who was accused by another player of “acting wrongly” Boston Globe – Bu conducted an investigation and then shared a statement about the results.

“After the investigation, there were no violations of bu and no evidence of sexual harassment,” Bu said in a statement, per The world. “Yet BU and Brown shared roads, and Brown is no longer head coach.”

In another article published by the Globe on June 13, Cooper called out Brown to do “nothing” after she asked her for help during a meeting with Feldman, despite “locking eyes” with each other.

In a statement to GlobeBrown said she had “no recovery about what has been suggested” by Cooper.

“But let me be quite clear: I would never ignore, reject or turn from someone – a player, a teammate, a friend, a family member – who sought my help in any capacity,” Brown said to the outlet.

“As a coach, I understood the importance of my responsibility to protect my players and act accordingly. The suggestion that I would do otherwise is completely false,” she added.

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