Canada men’s soccer team forms players association as World Cup money talks continue
The news came in a release Thursday from Canada Soccer, which said it had “agreed to voluntarily recognize” the Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team Players Association .
Earl Cochrane, Canada’s Soccer’s general secretary, says the players association “creates a single point of contact now.” “There’s reason to be optimistic, based on the fact that they’ve made this step,” he added. “And I think now it’s just continuing what we were doing prior, getting to a point where we find an agreement and get this over the line well in advance of Qatar.”An attempt to reach the law firm representing the players wasn’t immediately successful.
Qatar marks only Canada’s second trip to the men’s World Cup, following the 1986 tournament in Mexico where Canada exited after losses to France, Hungary and the Soviet Union.And with FIFA paying out millions to competing teams, there is plenty at stake for the current crop of players.Dissatisfaction over the state of negotiations caused the men to boycott a planned friendly against Panama in June in Vancouver, citing “unnecessarily prolonged” negotiations over a new contract.
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