While the women’s team came away with a 2-1 victory in its opening match, the feeling after felt more like a loss as players and staffed addressed the incident
Katie Kitching of New Zealand, and Canada 's Jade Rose vie for control of the ball as the two teams face off in the Paris 2024 Olympics at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, in Saint-Etienne, France on July 25.After watching Canada ’s women’s soccer team cut a series of trails through the New Zealand defence for a couple of hours on Thursday, a new question about the spying scandal comes to mind – Why?
Its real pain began a half-hour later, as the players were funnelled through the mixed zone. Everybody in Canadian colours was sorry, but not exactly sure how to say sorry without making things worse. When it was put back to him that it’s either a no or it’s not, Spence said, “Obviously, from my point of view, uh, no, obviously the statement’s gone out …”Whoever is advising Canada’s principals about media strategy ought to buy themselves a newspaper subscription or a TV and check out how this whole ‘media’ thing works. When you answer questions like Richard Nixon in his flop-sweat era, you get treated like him.
Mayne was at pains not to pick a fight. He didn’t want to comment on whether Priestman’s original suspension was appropriate – “That’s none of my business.”
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