Women’s soccer teams to follow Canada’s example and wear purple wristbands
The purple wristbands the Canadian girls’s soccer staff wore through the SheBelieves Cup to represent its struggle for equality shall be on present worldwide through the FIFA April worldwide window.
FIFPro, the union representing skilled footballers, says girls’s nationwide staff gamers will put on the purple wristbands “in a show of collective solidarity and desire for positive change.”
The union notes the Canadian girls began the pattern, symbolizing equality, to publicize their labour dispute with Canada Soccer. Ahead of the SheBelieves Cup video games in February within the U.S., the Canadians additionally wore purple T-shirts with the phrases “Enough is Enough” etched on them.
The different groups on the event additionally wore the purple wristbands, as did Canada coach Bev Priestman.
“Too often, women’s football players are having to sacrifice or risk parts of their careers to effect necessary change — even though this change centres on basic and fundamental rights such as fair treatment, respect, and equality,” FIFPro stated in a press release Thursday.
The union did say progress “at the highest level” has been made lately with FIFA saying it’s aiming for full equality for the 2027 Women’s World Cup.
“With this commitment ready to be enshrined, FIFPro and member unions will continue to push for and support progress towards equitable conditions at national level for players around the world,” FIFPro stated.
The sixth-ranked Canadian girls are at the moment in France, getting ready for an April 11 pleasant towards No. 5 France in Le Mans.
Marie-Yasmine Alidou has changed the injured Quinn. Canada Soccer stated Quinn, a midfielder who goes by one identify, was coping with a earlier damage and didn’t come to camp.
Alidou, a 27-year-old midfielder from Saint-Hubert, Que., performs for Famalicao in Portugal. She has one senior cap, from a 1-0 loss to Spain in February 2022.
The sport towards France is the lone fixture for the Canadians within the April worldwide window. Priestman is getting ready her Olympic champion squad for the World Cup, which kicks off July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
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