Janine Beckie and her teammates are fed up
on their behalf, saying it was "both outraged and deeply concerned" with the lack of support shown towards the women's national squad.
"We have been told that there will be no home game for our team before the World Cup. We have been told, quite literally, that Canada Soccer cannot adequately fund the women's national team, and they have waited to tell us this until now, when we are less than six months from the World Cup,"Canada Soccer threatened legal action if the players refused to report, claiming the team would be participating in an "unlawful strike".
“All we’re asking for is to be given equal opportunity to our men’s team to prepare for the World Cup,” added Beckie. “I was blown away by the number of staff that the men’s team had [at the World Cup in Qatar]. We have maybe half the staff. If that’s the case for the men’s team, Bev [Priestman] should be given every member of staff requested.
Sinclair is confident that Canada Soccer will live up to its promise to compensate the men's and women's team equally, but admits the inequality goes far beyond pay.
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