Members of Winnipeg's soccer community and fans of "the beautiful game" say they're disappointed over the drone-spying scandal hovering over Canada's Olympic women's soccer team. The women's national team has been shrouded in controversy since earlier this week when two staffers were sent home for allegedly using a drone to spy on New Zealand's practices. New Zealand was the group's first opponent at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Canada won 2-1. And in the latest instalment of the scandal, Soccer Canada Announced around 1:30 a.m.
local time Friday in France, head coach Bev Priestman was suspended for the rest of the Games. "It's a stain that will need to be cleaned up in some way at some point in time," said Philip Dos Santos, the head coach of Winnipeg's professional soccer team, Valour FC. "It's a shame that it happened, especially at the time that it happened when everyone was very excited about what this competition could mean, with defending a gold medal," he said.
Priestman voluntarily withdrew from coaching Thursday's opening match in the wake of the scandal. Canada Soccer suspends women's head coach Priestman for remainder of Paris Olympics Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman likely aware of spying, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says However, Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker told reporters in France hours after Priestman's suspension the bench boss was likely aware drones were used to spy on New Zealand's practices. "One of the key .
