Canadian women’s soccer head coach fired for ‘drone spying’; coach gives up command of New Zealand match

Canada Women’s National Soccer Team Coach Bev Priestman.

The head coach and performance analyst of the Canadian women’s soccer team who were caught using a drone to spy on the opposing team’s performance at the Paris Olympics have been kicked out of the team.

The Canadian Olympic Committee announced on the 25th, “Performance analyst Joseph Lombardi, who analyzed the New Zealand team using a drone, and head coach Jasmine Mander, who received the report, will be removed from the women’s soccer team and will be immediately recalled.” The Canadian performance analyst was caught flying a drone to collect information during the training session of the New Zealand team, their opponent in the first match of Group A, on the 22nd. The police were dispatched, and New Zealand filed an official complaint with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Bev Priestman, the head coach of the defending champion Canadian team, also took responsibility for this incident and did not take the baton for the first match against New Zealand held in the early morning of the 26th. “I take ultimate responsibility for our team’s actions and on behalf of the entire team, I apologise to the New Zealand players, staff and our players,” Priestman said ahead of the game. “To underscore our team’s commitment to integrity, I will voluntarily step aside for the first game.” The Guardian reported that “Pristman, who led Canada to gold in Tokyo three years ago, denied any involvement in the scheme but voluntarily stepped aside for the first game.”

Canada and New Zealand will play in the group stage with host country France and Colombia. 파워볼사이트