Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal.
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She did not address her role in the affair in the six-paragraph post.
Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi are all serving one-year FIFA bans for their role in the scandal, which saw the Canada women香蕉视频直播檚 team use a drone to spy on two New Zealand training sessions at the Olympics.
Canada Soccer says the three won香蕉视频直播檛 be back in the wake of the recent independent report into the scandal. Lombardi is already gone, having resigned his position after the Olympics.
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Herdman did not speak to Sonia Regenbogen, who wrote the report.
Priestman signed a new contract in January that runs through the 2027 FIFA Women香蕉视频直播檚 World Cup.
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In addition to the suspensions, FIFA docked the Canadian women six points in the group stage at the Olympics and fined Canada Soccer 200,000 Swiss francs ($312,815).
Despite that, defending champion Canada still managed to make the knockout round before losing a penalty shootout to Germany in the quarterfinals.
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She also thanked those who had reached out to her.
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