Boston Globe CEO Linda Pizzuti Henry is backing out as an investor in Boston Unity Soccer Partners — and the new pro women’s soccer team it’s vying to bring to White Stadium — amid controversy

Henry, CEO of Boston Globe Media Partners, was a minority, non-controlling investor of Boston Unity Soccer Partners, which is bringing an NWSL team to the city in 2026.

Boston Unity Soccer Partners investor Linda Henry is backing out from the new pro women’s soccer team it’s vying to bring to White Stadium amid controversy surrounding its public-private plan with the city.

Opponents of Boston’s public-private plan to rehab Franklin Park’s White Stadium for a new professional women’s soccer team have often knocked the project as a giveaway to “millionaire investors” on the backs of city taxpayers.