San Diego Wave denounces ‘defamatory’ statements from former employee alleging toxic workplace WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

Hours after a post from a former employee went viral, San Diego Wave have denounced the employee’s claims of a toxic workplace.

In a statement released on social media on Wednesday afternoon, the Wave called the allegations “inaccurate and defamatory.” San Diego also said that it plans to “pursue all legal avenues available to appropriately address this matter.”

The statement was in response to a social media post from Brittany Alvarado, a former video and creative manager with the team. In the post, which had nearly 500,000 views on X at the time the Wave posted its response, Alvarado put forth allegations of the Wave having a toxic workplace environment where female employees were discriminated. Alvarado also claims that the environment was fostered by Wave president Jill Ellis. (Alvarado also posted the allegations to Instagram, where it has more than 1,000 likes.)

Ellis served as the United States Women’s National Team head coach from 2014 to 2019, and led …