MLS commissioner Don Garber: ‘Nothing’ in Yates report indicates Merritt Paulson should sell Portland Timbers

MLS commissioner Don Garber said Thursday that “nothing” that came out in the U.S. Soccer investigation indicates that Merritt Paulson should sell the Portland Timbers, and the league “(does) not see any reason at all” for Paulson to sell.

Paulson recently fired two top executives and stepped down as CEO of the Timbers and Portland Thorns in the wake of the U.S. Soccer investigation, which determined that Paulson and his executives enabled and vouched for former Thorns coach Paul Riley, who is accused of sexual harassment and coercion of multiple former players.