Former Real Salt Lake Player Sues MLS, U.S. Soccer and Club for $100 Million Over Alleged Hazing

U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer. The suit alleges that hazing by older teammates while he played goalkeeper for the club’s United Soccer League affiliate at age 17 caused lasting trauma and forced him to quit soccer in April 2022.

The complaint states that Dewsnup now suffers from PTSD and will require $20 million in psychiatric care. It seeks an additional $80 million for the professional career the plaintiff says he lost. “Plaintiff seeks to hold defendants accountable for … committing intentional acts of abuse that destroyed [his] career and caused him to attempt suicide,” the lawsuit obtained by DailyMail reads.

According to the filing, older teammates ridiculed the size of Dewsnup’s penis, waved their genitals at him and repeatedly attempted to hit his naked buttocks with a ball while he showered. Dewsnup waited up to two hours after practices to use the showers to avoid the encounters, the complaint states.

The suit further alleges that coaches taunted Dewsnup in front of the team for nursing an injured shoulder and that he was forced to play through the injury, worsening it.

Goalkeeping coach Ignacio Hernandez allegedly mishandled Dewsnup’s foot and hip injuries. Just before quitting, Dewsnup attempted suicide and was rushed to a hospital, the documents say. Dewsnup, now 22, had received scholarship offers from Stanford, Columbia, Princeton and Wake Forest and attracted interest from professional clubs Fulham, Crystal Palace and PSV Eindhoven before leaving the sport.

2 million. His sister Abby Johnson is an author of Mormon-themed literature, and his father Darin serves as managing director for investments at Wells Fargo’s Salt Lake City office with over $2 billion in assets under management.