Canada captain Christine Sinclair has announced that the national women’s team will strike due to concerns about pay equity and a lack of funding.
Sinclair believes that these issues will compromise their performance.
The players released a joint statement on Friday condemning Canada Soccer’s “continued inability to support its national teams”.
“As a team we have decided to take job action,” Sinclair told broadcaster TSN.
“From this moment on we will not be participating in any [Canada Soccer] activities until this is resolved – whether that’s training, whether that’s games.
“That’s very hard to say as an athlete who wants to compete and represent Canada, but enough is enough.
The next Women’s World Cup takes place from 20 July to 20 August in Australia and New Zealand.
Canada are sixth in the world rankings and won Olympic gold in 2021.
