By Joseph Salvador Gavin Wilkinson was placed on leave in the wake of sexual coercion allegations against former manager Paul Riley. View the original article to see embedded media. In a statement, Thorns players recognized the reinstatement of Gavin Wilkinson as the team’s president of soccer after he was placed on administrative leave in October in the wake of sexual coercion allegations against former manager Paul Riley. The Thorns players said that the club hired the law firm DLA Piper to conduct an internal business review of soccer operations and they believe the investigation was thorou…