from the National Women's Soccer League club, after having abused players. On 4 September 2019, Pauw was appointed as the new manager of the Ireland team. Despite Ireland's narrow failure to achieve a play-off position from UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group I, Pauw agreed a two-year contract extension in February 2021. She then made up a historic milestone after the narrow missing of the Women's Euro 2022, guiding the Irish team to the first-ever major tournament, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with an emotional 1–0 playoff win over Scotland. Personal life Pauw is married to her former national team coach Bert van Lingen. Rape allegations In July 2022, Pauw accused an unnamed Dutch FA director and later football manager of sexually abusing her during her playing career. Former coach Piet Buter then declared he assumed he was the subject of her accusation and denied all allegations except for having an affair with her at the time. The KNVB (Dutch football association) stated that it had made errors handling Pauw's complaints and was sorry that she had not had a safe working environment. Misconduct scandal In December 2022, Pauw was named in a report by the US National Women's Soccer League that discovered widespread ongoing misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League. The report claimed that during her time in charge of Houston Dash, Pauw attempted to exert excessive control over her players eating habits. Pauw denied any wrongdoing. Pauw is banned from working in the NWSL unless she accepts personal responsibility. References 1963 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serie A (women's football) players Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Dutch football managers Female association football managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Scotland Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Scotland women's national football team managers Netherlands women's national football team managers Russia women's national football team managers South Africa women's national soccer team managers National Women's Soccer League coaches Houston Dash coaches Olympic coaches Women's association football defenders Expatriate football managers in the Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland women's national football team managers Dutch expatriate women's footballers Puck Deventer players SV Saestum players C.F. Euromobil Modena players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Dutch expatriate