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National Post
National Post
26 Jul 2024


NextImg:How the fate of Canada's women's soccer team, and coach Bev Priestman, unraveled at the 2024 Olympics

If you think you had an eventful week at work, spare a moment for the women who play for Canada’s soccer team. On Sunday, they were the defending Olympic champions, ready to chase another gold medal at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Within five days, they were not defending a medal as much as fighting for their reputations. Their head coach and two staff members had all been banished before the Olympic flame was alight. At a news conference on Friday morning in Paris, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker told reporters it made him “feel ill” to think the legacy of this team’s gold medal in Tokyo could be tarnished by the drone scandal.