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Vera Pauw: Pauw Patrol’s off-pitch trouble

The Ireland women’s football coach is at the centre of new allegations around her behaviour in her previous role as head coach of Houston Dash

The allegations against Pauw were that she attempted to exert excessive control over her players

In normal circumstances, this would be the happiest time of Vera Pauw’s life.

Instead, the Ireland women’s football coach is under fire over fresh allegations about her behaviour as head coach of Houston Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

As the Girls in Green prepared to head down under for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the questions Pauw has faced have mostly been about the last job she had before ...