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Canada Soccer and the Women's National Team Go on Strike
Just months before the World Cup encounter, the men's team also went on strike. A compensation dispute between players and Canada Soccer management resulted in the cancellation of an exhibition match with Panama that was supposed to take place here. Because Canada qualified for the World Cup, there's a $10 million bonus that Canada Soccer earned from FIFA. And so the question has been how much of that money should go to the national team players?