Casey Stoney remains in the framework to come to be the following supervisor of Canada’s females’s group, 6 months on from the spy-gate scandal that rocked their Olympic campaign.
The previous England captain, that was topped 130 times for her nation, has actually run out job considering that she was sacked by National Women’s Soccer League side San Diego Wave last June.
Telegraph Sport comprehends she is the prominent prospect to occupy the uninhabited function with Canada, that sacked other English trainer Bev Priestman in November complying with an independent examination right into the group’s snooping rumor.
Priestman, that is serving a one-year Fifa suspension together with 2 of her previous team, was discovered to have actually authorized the unlawful use drones to movie 2 New Zealand training sessions at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Canada were subtracted 6 factors at the event however still proceeded to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Germany.
Canada Soccer is remaining to scrutinise the origins of the snooping rumor and has actually started a corrective procedure versus their previous males’s and females’s trainer John Herdman, that is presently the supervisor of Toronto FC.
‘I hope this is a turning point in our game’
Priestman, that led Canada to an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 2021, resolved the searchings for of the examination in an Instagram article, creating: “I hope out of a really tough situation this is a turning point for our game.
“There has been a standard and precedent set now, irrespective of gender, tournament or associated revenues, that will hopefully clean up our game.
“I know that amazing group was ready to reach the top again this summer but in many ways what they did was even more special under such difficult circumstances.”
Former Manchester United supervisor Stoney had actually been recommended as a feasible challenger to change ex lover-Arsenal head trainer Jonas Eidevall, that wasappointed as her successor at San Diego Wave this week But it is comprehended Stoney was ruled out by the Women’s Super League side.
She has actually additionally been mooted as a future England supervisor when Sarina Wiegman‘s period concerns an end. Wiegman is acquired to the Football Association till completion of the 2027 World Cup.
A Canada Soccer representative claimed: “The search is ongoing and is confidential, and we are not commenting on the accuracy of any rumours. When there is news to report, you will hear it directly from us.”
