Canada’s men’s national team refused to play a match sunday against Panama amid tense union negotiations with the country’s governing body as players seek to link adjustment fees and World Cup prize percentage to the women’s national team.
The game was cancelled just two hours before the game started at Vancouver’s BC Place. The players also refused to exercise on Friday and Saturday as the team prepares for its first World Cup appearance since 1986.
The team issued a Sunday amid heated negotiations with Canada Soccer, which come less than a month after the unions of the U. S. men’s and women’s teams failed to hold the U. S. men’s teams. The U. S. Navy will reach a historic agreement with U. S. Soccer for an equivalent salary.
“It’s time for us to take a long-term position of soccer in Canada,” he said.
The men said they were looking for 40% of the World Cup cash prizes, a package for friends and family and a “fair design with our women’s national team offering the same adjustment fees for female players, the percentage of prize money won at our respective FIFA World Cups and the progression of a women’s national league”.
“We work with our organization, but dating has been tense for years,” the players said in a statement. “And now Canada Soccer disrespected our team and committed our efforts to raise the bar and move the game forward in Canada. “”
Nick Bontis, president of Canada Soccer, apologized to enthusiasts who had planned to attend Sunday’s game at a press conference Sunday night, but the players’ demands are also untenable.
The players said they began talks with Soccer Canada in March and that the federation made them “an archaic offer” on June 2.
“Canada Soccer has worked in smart religion with players to find a fair and equitable path for all. We would like to have a fact-based discussion about the fiscal truth that Canada Soccer has to live with every day,” Bontis said. Canada Soccer is committed to the principles of fairness and equity and we have made a fair offer to the players. We compare our offer with that of other national groups around the world. Gender equity factor, raised in the players’ letter, Canada Soccer will also be offering itself committed to be offering precisely the same situations to our women’s team. “
Canada’s women’s team ranks sixth in the world rankings and won the gold medal last year at the Olympics. The women’s team intervened in the dispute on Sunday, negotiations with the federation had been ongoing since January.
She noted that women do not take into consideration a percentage of The World Cup cash prizes won through the respective groups to make it an equivalent salary.
“The women’s national team will not settle for an agreement that does not offer an equivalent salary,” the players said.
Midfielder Jonathan Osorio, a normal absence from the existing roster due to injury, told The Canadian Press that flights and accommodation have advanced since former women’s coach John Herdman became men’s coach in January 2018.
“I think what we’re asking of the players is correct,” midfielder Jonathan Osorio, a normal absentee from the existing roster due to injury, told The Canadian Press. “We don’t need to be treated more in particular than the groups we compare ourselves to. “We just need to have a good reputation and not be exploited and get our fair share. “
The U. S. men’s team drew 0-0 against Uruguay on Sunday, as it also prepares for the World Cup in Qatar in November.
“They mean, ‘Hey, we deserve it because we’ve done everything that hasn’t been done and we’re the players who are going to bring the torch to move this country forward,'” the U. S. said. U. S. advocate Walker Zimmerman, leader of the American Men’s Union. “I don’t know the finer details, but it’s a position of the company to get their money. “
Panama, a expired replacement after Canada Soccer canceled a game against Iran following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s complaint.
Canada faces Curacao in Vancouver on Thursday and Honduras on June 13 in the CONCACAF Nations League. days later and Morocco, number 24, on December 1.
FIFA responded to a request for comment.
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