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Canada’s women’s national team will be playing under protest at the 2023 SheBelieves Cup this week. Moving forward, the national team is committed to staying off the pitch during the April FIFA window if their demands are not properly addressed by the Canadian Soccer Association.
The two sides have been in a contentious battle as the women’s team faces fundamental issues that have yet to be addressed by the Canadian Soccer Association, including what players say is inferior staffing and resources compared to the men’s game, and withheld pay for all of 2022.
On Tuesday, Janine Beckie, Christine Sinclair, Sophie Schmidt, and Quinn spoke to the media for nearly an hour and discussed the challenges they’re facing ahead of the 2023 World Cup. They feel the choice to play has been taken out of their hands after Canada threatened players with legal action last week if they did not participate in the SheBelieves Cup. With tensions at an all-time high, an impasse…
