Report: Canada’s national soccer teams have been using drones to spy for years | Your Morning

[@angiepruden1379]

I'm a former player and my heart is swelled with love for the way a Canadian women went out and played erasing that 6.2 to win the group they show nothing but class resilience determination teamwork and of course being a Canadian humbleness free Canadians are in awe of you and how you handle the situation with dignity and class replays as alumni will rally around you will go after Candice soccer and get this coaching staff fired and bring in somebody who holds Canadian values and knows cheating is not an option way to go women and girls phenomenally classy and I am so proud of you and so is the rest of Canada

[@nuranozdemir6454]

It’s spying by using drones; they get an unfair advantage watching the other teams style and techniques and use that information to target players. Just despicable behaviour and they already have an unfair advantage …

[@tdelli3675]

No its not cheerleading. You cant get some unfair advantage from watching soccer practice. It's just nosey, its an over all rule not specific to soccer because you can get an advantage its just a rule for all the olimpics. If you lost because a team watched you kick the ball fancy then you suck its not because that team watched you play.

[@HRHDMKYT]

@@tdelli3675That’s what I was thinking… How does having watched an opposing team’s practices make a difference on any individual player’s performance? It’s not taking drugs, which gives a physical advantage…

[@tdelli3675]

@HRHDMKYT yeah, it doesn't give an advantage to wach the other team play. This is sore losers wanting a reason to have lost. I would be more embarrassed if my country's team was trying to have another teams gold taken away because they watched our team play. That would be the biggest embarrassment. I get why It's a rule, which is a good rule to have during the olimpics it keeps teams focused on themselves to avoid issue's, so I agree the coach should be fired, she broke the rule. But blaming the team and claiming they only won because of that is just sore losers crying.

[@MarlonSchiller-x9z]

You're 100% Correct 🎯

[@MarlonSchiller-x9z]

Never create a situation...if it doesn't have a reliable source....but what they we're doing was Common...

[@PaulHVAC1]

Having been a coach for many years at the Provincial level for a certain Province Association and worked with CSA coaches I can say with confidence antics like this from CSA coaches does not surprise me. Talk to most Provincial coach’s and ask them about CSA coaches- you’ll get a lot of eye rolls….

[@HRHDMKYT]

That’s so disappointing!

[@brucewayne3602]

absolutely --- similar experience here --- massive ongoing travesty !!!

[@clarkkent2220]

Canada's coach if found to be guilty should be axed asap

[@non-indexed2896]

Canada needs to learn about honesty. a 10 year ban should help get them to that point.

[@clarkkent2220]

@@non-indexed2896 the players should not be penalized when the coaching staff messes up

[@non-indexed2896]

@@clarkkent2220 it's not about the players. It's about justice. Hopefully a ban will let both players and coaches know that it matters how you win.

[@clarkkent2220]

@@non-indexed2896 no justice in banning the players who are just there to play that had nothing to do with it.

[@non-indexed2896]

@@clarkkent2220 that’s the justice we want. Too bad for the players.

[@soccerchick1]

Drones are new technology but how is there not official rules against this???

[@enriquemoran9094]

Because they never had such damm cheaters in the game. Canada is a disgrace for the sport and the world.

[@MB-ne8pq]

There is...they broke those rules

[@HRHDMKYT]

@@MB-ne8pqI wonder how they found out this was happening? What’s the proof? (Recordings of training sessions?)

[@fonkamex]

This is disturbing and embarrassing. Both teams men are women have been spying rival teams for years? What about their gold medals and 3rd place in Conmebol, must they be stripped?

[@robinmaelbrancke2560]

Priestman makes my skin crawl...

[@brucewayne3602]

must certainly be some worse condition (s) but I am unable to think of ................ ... how did we give her the reins ?????

[@christophermanning6146]

​@@brucewayne3602You don't, you fire her.

[@est9949]

I live in Asia and I used to be a big fan of both the USWNT and Canada WNT... until John Herdman arrived. It's no longer a respectful competition with sportsmanship but everything became really toxic and questionable. IMO he brought out the worst in people. I'm feeling really bad for some of the Canadian players whom I still follow cuz they absolutely don't deserve all this. I really hope Canadian soccer fans do the right thing and stop protecting the people behind all this because that's the only way to make sure no more innocent Canadian athletes are hurt in the future.

[@starsmoon0216]

Shameful!!! Shocking they’d use drones at the Olympic Games!! Tarnishes their gold medal in 2020. Should forfeit game against New Zealand!!

[@dandan7340]

I wonder if other nations do the same thing. (rhetorical question)

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Only teams bielsa coaches

[@KhawmTiti]

Maybe china or Russia but certainly not America

[@TesUnConSphérique]

La vrai question, est-ce que c'était un DJI Chinois ?

[@fm_13]

Canada rejecting pre-arranged training venues sounds like projecting.

[@cookingclips4901]

The media is spinning this as the Australian team told the police that there was drones flying above them. That is not true. The truth is that at the time of the drones flying they were in a no fly zone implemented by the French government. The Canadian soccer team were ignorant of this no fly zone area and it was the French police who caught these drones. It was not the Australian soccer team who told the police. According to sources within the soccer federations these drone incidences with teams spying on each other HAPPEN ALL THE TIME! The only thing that was different is that Canada got caught and the police had to make a statement. Can you imagine if this was known by the public that this is a regular occurrence in the soccer realm. Someone had to pay for this mistake and unfortunately it was the stupidity of our national team coaches and players who didn't know there was a no fly zone in place. Don't kid yourself as if the players didn't know this was going on. Its a secret within their own associations. Your telling me the police intercepted text messages. Seriously! How naive can we be to accept this narrative.

[@user-bq4tc6zc3f]

Wow....yeah all those girls knew all about the drones....I think they even bought them for the coaches for xmas gifts...seriously?????

[@OvieSnips8]

Spoiler alert. Teams have been doing this for a long time.

[@Bikini-s5g]

Canada soccer is too cool. What’s wrong with drones???

[@RedDeadPandaGaming]

Just plain sportsmanship that's what's wrong with it, it would be the same if they weren't using technology to spy, it hljust isn't on, especially coming from a country that has a reputation of being kind, nice and fair. Casts doubt on a nation

[@CJ-yc7db]

should forfeit the whole games

[@wtfkurtis]

Remember Ben Johnson cheating?

[@jacklaw3962]

I remember all the runner in the 'Ben Johnson race' cheating. He just got caught.

[@HRHDMKYT]

He wasn’t alone in the doping in that sport, but drugs are easily detected and should be held against the athletes. Not sure this coaching fail falls into that category.

[@brucewayne3602]

@@jacklaw3962 absolutely ... Carl Lewis prime example !!!

[@DavidDeshane-ic4cg]

No more money for them.

[@o-m9423]

Ahahahahahahahaha breathes and looks around. Baahahahahahahaha

[@987GeorgeMr]

Herman should be fired by TFC immediately maybe arrested

[@est9949]

Yes, it's long overdue. That guy has been ruining the good reputation of the Canadian team since he arrived.

[@johnbraun814]

Weird and Disappointing. Why cheat? Are formations and methods really a secret or an advantage? It's soccer. Also at Olympics you take an oath - honor is more important than results. The coaches and perhaps players are culpable.

[@user-bq4tc6zc3f]

Yep that's why They lost 6 points...consequence given

[@robertboyle255]

They agreed to obey all the rules ,Not just the ones they agree with!

[@dpomination8974]

Send them home. Whilst members of the team may not have known, it’s a team sport and therefore all become tarred with the same brush. Cheating brings disgrace to what the Olympics stands for.

[@987GeorgeMr]

shame on Herman

[@ivnarc6430]

They should be kicked out of the world cup

[@sc00bs63]

life time bans, (not for the players), Canada o Canada, how far you have fallen,....

[@9999deoxys]

They were not high up to begin with.

[@byrondaniel4410]

Send them home whole team

[@Nighthawk-8050]

Agree 💯

[@darkpill]

Agree. Remove the medals from the Tokyo team as well.

[@eldhocharles]

Shame on you Canada...we Indians got only 2 gold till now and many countries don't even have any medals till now... Never ever anyone have thought about anything like this ..what a shame.....Are you serious! Is it happening

[@HRHDMKYT]

Was it the teams? Or was it the COACHES:?

[@brucewayne3602]

excellent ???

[@9999deoxys]

Obviously the coaches, but I am sure none of the players balked about getting inside info on other teams. Ban em.

[@saintjamesmodernart]

Define: Spying Define: Scouting James 😁

[@dennisnguyen8105]

When there is a closed practice and you went ahead an "scout". Clear enough for you. If you bug their phones, or rooms, if you make copies of their documents. Clear enough for you.

[@saintjamesmodernart]

@@dennisnguyen8105 , didn't know a drone could do all that.

[@9999deoxys]

Definition of Spying/Cheating - what Canada does.

[@andygrenn680]

Like to have drones spying on drones spying…Keeping check in the sky!

[@ryleighloughty3307]

If you have no moral compass, can you act morally?

[@kamranscent]

Nonone cares for those medals.. teams needs a disqualification. we dont need cheaters..

[@RetiredEE]

This is devastating. Canada has lost the respect of the world. Trudeau must make a public apology for this unseemly skullduggery.

[@otisthecanadianbulldog2400]

Beverley Priestwoman is a clone. She's a Mini-Me, Conan O'Brien.

[@edsilva54]

Land of CHEATERS

[@user9b2]

The men team should also lose their metals and their coaches and staff be fired as well.

[@georgefox4982]

What metals

[@Nighthawk-8050]

This is disgusting, Priestman not only should she be banned for life but also should go to jail as well.

[@jacklaw3962]

Spy on soccer teams? What the hell is there to spy on during a practice that the tape of past games doesn't show? Latest hair styles? This whole 'scandal' is as absurd as the IOC is corrupt.

[@KhawmTiti]

So embarrassing you Canadians..time to withdraw. There's no cheating in soccer

[@enriquemoran9094]

They used it in Copa América!! How else they can get that far!! 4th place my ass!! Damm cheaters!!

[@Lbb789]

Agree

[@tdelli3675]

COME ON! ARE PPL REALLY THIS DENSE! you don't get an advantage from waching soccer practice! Its nosey and against the rules but you cant get an advantage from it. If they won its because they won not because their coach watched soccer practice. It's not cheerleading!

[@PrimaImperator]

Stop deluding yourself

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

They did the same thing with Colombia 🇨🇴 they were spying on the colombian football ⚽️ team

[@user-bq4tc6zc3f]

Bs

[@ericerf6837]

Regardless is the correct word. Not iregardless.

[@paulchauvin733]

From Merriam Webster : Irregardless was popularized in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its increasingly widespread spoken use called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

[@MezzieBoi]

While irregardless is a word it is used informally while regardless is used in formal and informal context.

[@watchtheirhands3346]

blah blah blah drama drama drama marcia marcia marcia

[@Roshand-pl9tn]

Return your illgotten gold medal. FIFA should ban all canada teams for at least 10 years.

[@georgefox4982]

You need proof of any wrong doing. You can't just make a blanket statement

[@Roshand-pl9tn]

@@georgefox4982 hello your guy got arrested

[@tdelli3675]

You dont get an advantage from spying on soccer practice. Its not cheerleading! Its nosy and breaks the rules but it doesn't give you any advantage.

[@ivnarc6430]

Of course it does mor0n

[@tdelli3675]

@@ivnarc6430 explain then

[@MarlonSchiller-x9z]

I Don't know how this person arrived at this Opinion...If you have anyone on your staff that can see vulnerability with a players performance level....That Would Help 💯

[@MarlonSchiller-x9z]

You're Wrong

[@tdelli3675]

@user-pd7pk5gl3f that all revels itself at the beginning of the game. And you're allowed to watch them you just can't film it thats what broke the rules. In reality, it's not a real advantage. They see these players play often, and they have access to all kinds of footage. If a team won after watching the other team practice, they won because they won, not because they watched the other team play. I'm not saying it's right to do that the coach should be fired, but it doesn't give you an advantage. If your team sucks they're not going to win suddenly from watching your practice, if they won, they would have won with or without is.

[@9999deoxys]

It does not affect the team at all except it takes away their advantage and makes it less likely to win. THey are not sorry they did it, they are sorry they got caught. Stick to hockey or maybe curling.

[@brucewayne3602]

lawn bowling .................

[@k7j6]

I don’t see how using drones can qualify as cheating! The only way I can think of that is cheating is for a team to dope their athletes. And there is a certain College Team in the USA who is doing just that who is in their Colligate League of the NCAA. And that vary school who is doping their athletes isn’t getting any punishment at all for it. I’m from the USA myself! And I’m ashamed of them! Giving that they & their NCAA aren’t giving that College who is doping their athletes any punishment. And that vary school in American Football won in a Post Season when they were supposed to be banned. So if someone thinks those people in wonderful Canada would become cheaters by having drones! That is NOTHING compared to the doping that the College in the USA’s NCAA is doing & not getting punishment for. Besides! I know! If any athlete or team in Canada were to ever do that! At least they up in Canada would take better action over it than what my now Traitorous Home the USA is doing right now. So there fore! Canada this time around deserves medals during this year’s Olympics! My USA DOES NOT. Due to that!

[@PJL-e9x]

Is number 5 a dude?