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Fed up with how they have been treated and ignored by the Canada Soccer Association, the players are taking job action as they continue to fight for equal pay.
While players have been arriving and training in Orlando, Florida, this week ahead of the 2023 SheBelieves Cup, Canadian players say they will not continue to play, practice, or participate in any activities until the list of demands they have presented to the Canada Soccer Association have been met.
“Until this is resolved, I can’t represent this federation,” longtime captain Christine Sinclair told TSN’s Rick Westhead in an exclusive interview on Friday. “I’m such a competitor, it breaks my heart and kills me to actually be saying those words out loud.”
The players sent in a list of demands to the Canada Soccer Association on Thursday and say they have yet to receive a response or be acknowledged by the federation.
As the team prepares for the 2023 World Cup since hosting in 2015, it faces…
