Canada Soccer’s general secretary Jason de Vos has said the association may need to consider filing for bankruptcy protection.
Financial problems have caused Canada Soccer various issues, with the women’s team going on strike earlier this year over pay equity issues and budget cuts.
The association has been in talks with both the men’s and women’s teams over a collective bargaining agreement but a deal has yet to be agreed.
Speaking to Canadian outlet TSN, De Vos, 49, said: “We are in a real struggle. It’s not imminent, but we need to explore what bankruptcy entails and how it might affect our organisation.
“We don’t have enough revenue coming in for the programs that need to be run, and that includes everything from grassroots coach education and referee development to youth national teams and our senior men’s and women’s teams.
“(Bankruptcy) has been discussed, but not in the sense of this is a strategy or this is something that we’re looking at. It’s been discussed more from my own perspective to learn about it. It is absolutely the last option that I want to consider or even think about. But I would be remiss if I didn’t do my due diligence on this.”
It comes as the Canada Women’s national team will be preparing for their upcoming…
