Canada Soccer and women’s team have entered into a a funding agreement, albeit on an interim basis.
The deal comes after players threatened to boycott team activities at last month’s SheBelieves Cup tournament.
The terms of the agreement include “per-game incentives and results-based compensation” similar to an agreement with the men’s team.
“This is about respect, this is about dignity, and this is about equalising the competitive environment in a world that is fundamentally unequal,” Canada Soccer general secretary Earl Cochrane said in a statement.
“We have been consistent and public about the need to have fairness and equal pay be pillars of any new agreements with our players, and we are delivering on that today.”
A broader collective bargaining agreement with women’s and men’s soccer teams is still being negotiated.
The announcement is good news as it now allows the team to focus on the FIFA Women’s World Cup due to start in July.
