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'I Could Have Done More': Canada's Assistant Coach on Olympic Drone Spying Scandal
Jasmine Mander says spying was considered normal at Canada Soccer and highlights that 14 staffers were disciplined, though only three were publicly named and banned for a year by FIFA.
- On Wednesday, Jasmine Mander wrote in The Players' Tribune that `To be clear, I have no problem with being held accountable and taking responsibility for my involvement, and I have spent more than a year doing so`, accepting her role in the drone scandal.
- As a young staffer, Mander said she thought watching opponents' prep was normal at that level, so she never raised questions within Team Canada or Canada Soccer.
- The drone operator Joey Lombardo flew a drone over a New Zealand practice, was reported to police and arrested, and Mander says she did not know about the flight but received texts from him in custody.
- Deduction of six points effectively affected the Canada women's national soccer team's standing, and they lost to Germany in the quarterfinals despite progressing.
- Canada Soccer revealed recently that 14 coaches and administrative staff were disciplined, but Mander says it's hard to accept only three were publicly named and calls the independent review disappointing.
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The former assistant coach of the Canadian women's soccer team Jasmine Mander tells his story of the drone spy scandal.
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