The Portland Timbers announced the termination of Andy Polo's contract on Thursday following allegations of domestic abuse in advance this week.
On Wednesday, Major League Soccer and the Timbers both released statements revealing Polo have been suspended pending the final results of an research. Earlier in the day, reviews of allegations from the participant's wife, Génessis Alarcón, given on a Peruvian TV application emerged.
The Timbers have due to the fact that admitted they knew of a dispute between the two returned in May 2021 that involved the Washington County Sherriff's Office bringing up Polo for harassment. At the time of the incident, the quotation become no longer pursued by the victim or the prosecutor's office.
Portland Timbers expressed remorse at no longer acting faster.
"The Timbers have been formerly aware about a dispute between Andy Polo and his associate on May 23, 2021, that resulted inside the Washington County Sherriff’s Office bringing up Polo for harassment," the Timbers' announcement said. "That citation turned into no longer sooner or later pursued through the sufferer or the prosecutor’s workplace.
"We deeply remorse now not suspending Polo right now, mainly thinking about the troubling new details of abuse that surfaced this week. It become a failure on our part, and one that will by no means happen once more."
Polo - a 37-time Peru international - had been with the Timbers considering 2018.
