Players remain at odds with the leadership of the Canadian Soccer Association.
Canadian soccer players being in a dispute over finances with Canadian soccer authorities is nothing new.
How are the millions that are set to flow to Canada from FIFA to be divvied up, the current players are now asking.
That led to the formation of Canadian Soccer Business, which partnered with Spanish broadcaster MediaPro to create OneSoccer, the online streaming platform that is home to Canada Soccer national team games and the Canadian Premier League, as well as other international soccer.Article content“How does all this not get explained to the players to understand where money is coming from, of how difficult it is ? But they don’t talk,” Forrest said of Canada Soccer and its own players.
Vancouver didn’t play host to any home qualifying games, so he travelled to Edmonton and Toronto for games. Bontis claimed during a news conference on Sunday that the CSA couldn’t afford the players’ demands, but given the players seem to be talking about the added money coming to Canada Soccer because of World Cup qualification, not the current budget, his comments left many scratching their heads.
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