FIFA says its disciplinary committee has opened proceedings against Canada Soccer and three members of the women’s team’s staff in the aftermath of two drone incidents ahead of the Paris Olympics.
In a press release Wednesday, FIFA said it is investigating head coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi “due to the potential breach of article 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and article 6.1 of the Regulations Olympic Football Tournaments Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024.”
Mander and Lombardi were ousted from the team’s staff, the Canadian Olympic Committee said earlier Wednesday in a statement in which it accepted head coach Priestman’s decision to not coach the opener in Saint-Etienne against New Zealand on Thursday.
