B.C.-born assistant coach at centre of Canadian women’s soccer team scandal

There is simply a B.C. relationship to nan ungraded engulfing nan Canadian women’s nationalist shot squad connected nan eve of nan Paris Olympics.

Two unit members person been removed from nan squad and sent location pursuing allegations of utilizing drones to spy connected a New Zealand squad practice.

The alleged actions of Richmond-born adjunct coach Jasmine Mander and squad expert Joseph Lombardi are now astatine nan centre of aggregate investigations.

Head coach Bev Priestman has besides removed herself from nan team’s opening lucifer against New Zealand.

“Even arsenic a child, small girl, she had dreams of making shot and she has, she was 1 of nan champion players increasing up backmost then,” said Marco Cornale, Mander’s erstwhile younker shot coach.

“So I’m not amazed she’s wherever she’s astatine these days pinch Canada Soccer.”

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David Shoemaker, CEO of nan Canadian Olympic Committee, said anyone pinch nonstop engagement successful nan alleged usage of drones was removed from Team Canada.

“That doesn’t conform to our standards of adjacent play and our values astatine nan Canadian Olympic Committee,” he added.

Team Canada is group to look New Zealand connected Thursday greeting for their first crippled of nan tournament.

New Zealand has asked that Canada not beryllium awarded immoderate points if they triumph nan match.