Published on : 06/06/2022 – 18:09
Canada’s friendly against Panama was canceled just hours before kick-off on Sunday (June 5th) due to a strike by Canadian players dissatisfied with the wage conditions offered by their federation in a new collective agreement. Canada Soccer confirmed on Twitter the cancellation of this preparatory meeting for the World Cup organized at the end of the year in Qatar, for which the “Canucks” qualified, 36 years after their first participation in the event. The men’s national team meanwhile said they rejected the terms of a new contract offered by their federation last Thursday. This is the second game in a row to be played by Canada to be canceled in recent weeks, after the game against Iran, another country qualified for the World Cup. This followed an outcry against the scheduling of this match, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He called the meeting ” bad idea for the families of passengers who died when Iranian armed forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 after taking off from Tehran on January 8, 2020. Eighty-five Canadian citizens and residents were among the 176 people having perished in this tragedy, resulting from a mistake according to Iran.