Canada Soccer: Drone spying part of ‘unacceptable culture’

The Canadian Soccer Association has acknowledged that the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated incident. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue stated that the incident was a result of a larger issue of an unacceptable culture and lack of oversight within the national teams. An independent review conducted by Sonia Regenbogen confirmed these findings. As a result, Canada women’s coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander, and analyst Joseph Lombardi are serving one-year FIFA suspensions. Canada was penalized in the group phase and fined. The CSA is reviewing the report and plans to release conclusions and future steps soon. Board chair Peter Augruso emphasized the need for more changes and acknowledged that change takes time.