Captain Christine Sinclair says temporary labor deal with Canada Soccer is imminent -
Both the men’s and women’s national teams have been negotiating new contracts with Canada Soccer for more than a year.“Our conversations with both of our national teams are ongoing and we share the desire to get this resolved as soon as possible,” Canada Soccer interim General Secretary Jason deVos said in a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday.
The friction between the two sides was on display earlier this year when the players threatened to boycott the SheBelieves Cup in the United States. Canada Soccer threatened legal action and the players acquiesced but wore purple T-shirts during pregame ceremonies that read “Enough is Enough.” “The Americans have gone through it, it’s a long, slow, drawn-out process to get what we deserve,” Sinclair said. “I have full confidence that it’s going to happen in the next couple of days. I have no doubt that it’s going to happen.”
The Canadian players have been asking for a contract that would pay the men’s and women’s teams equitably, similar to the groundbreaking agreement the American national teams made withIn March, Canada Soccer and the team struck an interim funding agreement to compensate the women for the previous year after players said they went unpaid.
The players have also said they’ve had to cut training camp days and full camp windows, as well as trim the number of players and staff invited into camps. They were told there would be no home games scheduled before the
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