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Soccer’s foremost international body, FIFA, has dropped the hammer on Canada Soccer with heavy sanctions against the women’s national team and three members of the coaching staff as the aftermath continues from the drone scandal.
Head coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander, and technical analyst Joseph Lombardi have each been suspended from taking part in any football-related activity for one year. Canada Soccer has also been fined $313,000 Canadian Dollars.
Additionally, Canada Soccer’s women’s national team has been hit with a deduction of six points from Group A competition at the Paris Olympics football tournament. The deduction puts them in last place with negative three points after narrowly defeating New Zealand, the team the drones were caught spying on, on matchday one.
FIFA announced the sanctions in a statement released Saturday that read in part:
“CSA [Canada Soccer Association] was found responsible for failing to respect the…
