Daily News | Canada women’s soccer players end strike after one day amid lawsuit threat
Players of the Canadian women's soccer team on the sideline before kickoff of a friendly game against Argentina in Spain last October.ORLANDO, Fla. — The players of the Canadian women’s soccer team ended their strike after one day on Saturday amid the threat of a big-money lawsuit by the national governing body.
Canada Soccer and the players’ union met behind closed doors all day, with a union statement saying “the concerns of the players were discussed in detail.” The governing body’s representatives included president Nick Bontis and general secretary Earl Cochrane,“Prior to that meeting, Canada Soccer told us that they consider our job action to be an unlawful strike,” the union’s statement said.
That schedule included 14 games: three home friendlies across the spring; five games at the Concacaf women’s championship in Mexico in July; a two-game friendly trip to Australia in September; friendlies in Spain against Argentina and Morocco in October; and a two-game friendly trip to Brazil in November.
Canada reached the final of the Concacaf tournament, losing, 1-0, to the United States a year after beating its perennial rival in the Olympics semifinals. The Canucks went on to win gold in Tokyo, the nation’s first major women’s soccer title after bronze medals in 2012 and ‘16. “We cannot afford the risks that personal action against us by Canada Soccer will create,” the union’s statement said. “Because of this, we have advised Canada Soccer that we will return to training tomorrow [Sunday] and will play in the SheBelieves Cup as scheduled.”Tierna Davidson is almost ready to play for the USWNT again after a long injury absenceIt’s unclear whether the strike was legal under Canadian law. There are signs that it was not.
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