Canadian Women’s Soccer Team Spying on Other Teams with Drones!

Also known as unmanned aerial vehicles Dronescan be used in many different areas today, from the military to film production. However, sometimes they can be used poorly. A scandal that occurred before the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, which started recently, is one of them.

The Canadian women’s soccer team has been in the news with accusations that drones were involved. The team, Observing other teams with drones and it turned out that he was trying to get information from them. Moreover, it was stated that this has been done by Canada for a long time in both men’s and women’s football.

They tried to watch the New Zealand team training with a drone

In the scandal that emerged at the beginning of the week New Zealand teamduring their training a drone flying over them and observing them They noticed. After that, the French authorities were informed. Then, it was determined that the person controlling the drone was the Canadian team. Joseph Lombardi It turned out to be a man named.

Moreover, there have been claims that this is not a new thing. According to the news shared by TSN, both Canada’s women’s and men’s football teams have been using this tactic for a long time. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, at the Women’s World Cup in Panama in 2022 The women’s team spied on other teams with drones. The men’s team USA national team in 2019, Honduras in the 2021 World Cup qualifiers They followed secretly.

Canadian football team and coaching staff hit with fines

*Bev Priestman, head coach of the Canadian women’s national soccer team.

Following this incident before the Olympics, Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mender were sent back. The team’s coach Bev Priestman initially withdrew from the New Zealand match voluntarily, but later Banned from the 2024 Olympic Games. FIFA is Priestman and two assistant coaches given 1-year bans Canada was expelled from the tournament 6 points deletion He was penalized and entered a very difficult path in the groups. Let us state that the Canadian Football Federation has also launched an investigation into the issue.

Priestman stated in his statement that he was responsible for this incident. On the other hand, The players were not aware of this situation. It was also reported. So it was probably a move implemented by the technical team. In fact, it was even claimed that employees thought this was “part of the job” and were told they would be fired if they did not comply. So, no matter how you look at it, we are faced with a scandal.

The incident is an indication that drones, which are useful in many areas of our lives, can be used for very different purposes. In sports, secretly monitoring other teams’ training can provide information about that team’s tactics and create an unfair advantage. Therefore, it is essential to prevent similar incidents.