PARIS : Former Canadian players threw their support behind the women's team at the Paris Olympics after they were docked six points over a drone scandal that dealt a massive blow to their hopes of successfully defending their gold at the Games.
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Women's Group A - Canada vs New Zealand - Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, Saint-Etienne, France - July 25, 2024. Jordyn Huitema of Canada celebrates after Evelyne Viens of Canada scores their second goal.
Canada Soccer has said it was exploring how it could appeal the six-point penalty levelled by global governing body FIFA which left Canada on minus three points in Group A, with two matches left to play."Furious. Fuming. Sad. Heartbroken. These players don’t deserve this," former goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe, who helped Canada win gold at Tokyo, posted on X.
"Like many Canadians, I've been working through many emotions on this story that has become such a distraction for not just the WNT, but drawn attention away from the entire Canadian Olympic team," she wrote.
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