The team, which made it to the finals of the World Cup for
the first time since 1986, has already taken steps to compete for Qatar’s 2022
awards.
As a friendly against Panama had to be called off, Canada
Soccer responded to reports players would receive only 10 percent of the pot it
received from FIFA.
Canada Soccer said it had proposed that 30 percent would go
to the men’s team, 30 percent to the women’s team, and 40 percent to the
association.
The players, the association claimed, asked for somewhere
between 75 and 100 percent of the money. A letter from the players asked for 40
percent.
The letter states that talks about compensation were
“unnecessarily extended” by officials “who” took vacations “before players were
given an” old gift “last week.
The club has apologized to Panama for joining a temporary
strike, which ended with a return to training this week – although no decision
has been made.
“We, the Canadian men’s national team, have decided to
re-train ourselves in preparation for the road to Qatar,” he said in a second
letter.
“To be clear, we have not yet reached an agreement with
[Canada Soccer].
“The players met with senior Canadian soccer leaders on
Sunday evening and will continue discussions, but questions have not been
answered and action is yet to be taken.
“We are moving forward with the hope that Canada Soccer will
work with us to resolve this situation.”
Canada Soccer added: “Senior Canadian football leaders and
national team players met on Sunday night to continue the negotiations.
“The players will train today [Monday] afternoon for the
next scheduled meeting.”
Canada will begin their World Cup campaign against Belgium
in the 2018 semi-finals at Al Rayyan on November 23 and will play Croatia and
Morocco in Group F.