Canada spied ahead of World Cup qualifying, new report claims

A new report has added more details involving Canada’s national soccer teams using drones to spy on opponents. It was recently revealed that the women’s team flew a drone over New Zealand’s practice multiple times while at the 2024 Olympics. The drone operator, an uncredited member of the team, was arrested and handed an eight-month […]

A new report has added more details involving Canada’s national soccer teams using drones to spy on opponents.

It was recently revealed that the women’s team flew a drone over New Zealand’s practice multiple times while at the 2024 Olympics.

The drone operator, an uncredited member of the team, was arrested and handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence. As a result of the issue, Canada Soccer removed women’s head coach Beverly Priestman from the team.

Canada Soccer then admitted that both their men’s and women’s teams used drones to spy on teams in the past. This revelation came from a report from TSN. The Canadian news outlet pinpointed at least five previous times that the national teams flew drones over opposing facilities. Canada Soccer’s CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue also announced that drones were used by Jesse Marsch’s team at Copa America 2024.

Former Canada coach showed footage of opposing team to players before game

Nevertheless, TSN is now adding even more information on the story. They report that 17 Canada men’s national team players attended a meeting in Toronto on August 31st, 2021 with then head coach John Herdman. The coach previously managed both the men’s and women’s national teams before stepping away last summer.

Sources for the outlet claim that Herdman played a video of the Honduran national team’s practice from the day before.

The training, closed to outsiders, was spied on. In the meeting, Canada’s coach apparently used the video to show how Honduras would line up and pointed at how to break down their 4-4-2 formation.

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Author : Chris Moore

Publish date : 2024-07-27 14:57:26

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