Marbella. The Olympic champions from Canada play the Shee Believes Cup under duress.
However, this does not prevent the players from continuing to protest against the union.
– It’s 2023, and to feel that things are going backwards instead of forwards is completely unimaginable, says Sophia Jacobson.
She is riding Olympic champions from Canada. With half a year to go until the World Cups in New Zealand and Australia, Canadian players have gone on strike in protest of budget cuts on the women’s side.
However, the strike was short-lived, and now Canada is playing the SheBelives Cup, an important part of preparing for this summer’s tournament. But they do so under protest.
To be clear: we are forced to get back to work in the short term. This is not over yet. We’re going to keep fighting for everything we deserve and we’re going to win this. “We’re playing SheBelieves in protest,” team captain Christine Sinclair wrote on Twitter.
He gets support from Blagult
What is happening in Canada provokes reactions in the Swedish national team.
– It’s very sad. It feels like something pops up every time from one country to the next. It’s just that we should continue to support each other and try to get equality and good conditions as much as possible, says Jonah Anderson.
– It looks like it’s going in the wrong direction. I think the Football Association of Canada should step up, says Sophia Jacobson.
Before the opening match between Canada and the United States, the players from both teams gathered in a ring with their arms around each other, and the Olympic champions wore purple T-shirts that read “Enough is enough.”
The choice of color was justified by the Canadian Players Association saying that it is a color historically associated with equality and they will continue to wear purple until the dispute is resolved.
– I think it’s strong and good for them to continue and we need help with that, says Jonah Anderson.
witnessed evolution
Sophia Jacobson, who plays every day for the NWSL and San Diego Wave, thinks it was good to see how the US stands behind the Canadian protest.
– That’s exactly what it should look like and it’s nice on the part of the US to support it, but like I said, I think they’re going in the wrong direction. Jacobson says their national team has performed well in many tournaments and has shown the way for women’s soccer itself and has also won medals.
Is it annoying to see these things still happening in 2023?
– Like I said before, it’s 2023 and seeing it go backwards instead of forward seems completely unimaginable when you as a national team have just won an Olympic gold medal. I don’t see why you shouldn’t bet on the scale they have.
Canada faced South American champions Brazil last night and won it 2-0 She Believes Cup.