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CSB, whose investor group and board includes the Canadian Premier League owners, looks after marketing and broadcast rights for both Canada Soccer and the CPL, now in its sixth season.
The players have complained the CSB agreement is holding the game back and preventing national teams from getting the preparation they need.
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CSB did not provide details of its offer. Canada Soccer did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the CSB proposal.
Blue, who joined Canada Soccer in late February, put the onus squarely on CSB in his statement Monday.
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The 40th-ranked men are negotiating their first formal agreement in the wake of forming their own players association, the Canada Men香蕉视频直播檚 National Soccer Team Players Association, in the summer of 2022.
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The Canadian men boycotted a World Cup warm-up against Panama in Vancouver in June 2022 while the women briefly refused to train at the SheBelieves Cup in early 2023 before reluctantly returning to the field after Canada Soccer threatened legal action.
