Canada soccer head coach suspended from Olympics 'likely aware' of drone spying: COC

Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women’s soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on an opposing country’s practices in France.

Shoemaker made the comments hours after Bev Priestman was suspended from the Olympic Games early Friday morning.

“The most important piece of information that I learned was that, in the interim 24 hours that the CEO of Canada Soccer had been on the ground in St- Etienne, he came to the conclusion that Bev Priestman needed to be suspended. We have seen some of that information. We fully support that it’s the right decision under the circumstances," Shoemaker said.

Two staff members were kicked off the soccer team Wednesday following reports a drone was used to spy on New Zealand practices Monday and last Friday.

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[MemphisDC]

What a shameful way to start the Olympics! Firing her immediately is the right move but it still leaves a stain especially for all the players who had nothing to do with it and for the entire Canadian team. Shame!

[truepatriotlove]

Once again Canada looks bad on the international stage. So sad what’s happened to our country

[hapn]

The men’s and women’s Canadian team should be sent home and suspended from soccer. Both coaches are LIARS period.

[pannalover]

They should be disqualified and the whole team sent home.

[Osprey-ol]

Why has our society lost its moral compass?

[Subie-Driver]

How could she not! This is such a shameful moment for Canada and it’s women’s soccer. I feel bad for the player who had no knowledge of this and are now caught up in it.

[maximes.]

They forget to say that 2 staff members of the women soccer team got kicked out of france and sent back to Canada (according to French news channels)

[onemancinema]

She knew. They had been doing it before the last Olympics as well. What a disgrace. Why? To gain an advantage? You don't trust your own players abilities? When a player says..." That's not Canada!" Well...evidently it is!

[chipbuttytime]

Tip of the iceberg with this 'coach', she is universally disliked by other coaches. Only woke Canada and England would employ her

[million]

Why would anyone in Canistan be surprised. Look at your leader.

[Farmguy]

The entire team will now be looked upon with distrust and discredit! The entire woman's Soccer team should be pulled and sent home!

[windwhisprz]

Absolute disgrace she let everyone down
All those athletes worked so hard to get there and the coaches cheated them out of their Olympic dream. Makes Canada look bad. Very shameful act. As a Canadian I am disgusted.

[rawrss]

If there is evidence of footage from back then... The IOC should make Canada give back the gold medal.

What an absolute shame and disgrace...she'll be up there with some of the greatest cheaters of all time.

[garywagner]

Gee, really? I’d like to go back to the Canada that would not have dreamed of cheating in any way. Becoming like the appalling US in sports is nothing to be proud of.

[soniaish]

The coach should never ever be allowed to coach again as a Canadian. I am so embarrassed for how she tainted this for the rest of the girls as well as for Canada. She should’ve known berter

[raybarton]

I feel totally embarrassed as a Canadian over this scandal. Fire the entire staff.

[lastChang]

23 Chinese 🇨🇳 swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) ahead of the Tokyo Games in
2021, but were allowed to compete after being cleared by Chinese authority. LOL
They should be banned from the Paris Olympic.

[johnaleixo]

She needs to be Sacked immediately. Black Eye for the Canadian program especially on the back of all the recent successes from both the women’s and men’s teams. This is completely unacceptable and we should be better than this.

[scottyP]

Suspended???? Ban her from ANYTHING to do with sports anywhere, as well as anyone with any knowledge of this.

Canadas RCMP should investigate while ALL non playing members are suspended indefinitely. All parties involved should not be allowed near ANY sports for 20 years.

Hold them accountable.

What a joke. I feel bad for the players….. it’s not on them (unless they knew)….. which is why a massive investigation is necessary.

[stevebrown]

Coaches should be banned for Life and made to pay the fine