![]() It fleshed out its reason for doing so in a second release later in the day. On Thursday morning, Canada Soccer called off the game via a one-paragraph statement. The Canadian government says 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents were among the 176 people killed. 8, 2020, minutes after taking off from Tehran, by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. ![]() ![]() ![]() The message was the team had concerns about the opponent.Īt issue is whether Canada should host Iran given the Canadians who died on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 when it was shot down on Jan. Of significance, the Canadian players were also part of the debate, with a player representative emailing a senior Canada Soccer official in the 24 hours before the game was nixed. Instead the choice of Iran as opponent sparked a firestorm with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, Conservative MPs and B'nai Brith Canada among those decrying the game. The June 5 game in Vancouver was supposed to be a showcase event, the first step forward for John Herdman's popular side since a stellar World Cup qualifying run that saw the Canadian men book their ticket to the sport's showcase for the first time since 1986. TORONTO - Canada Soccer gave way to mounting criticism Thursday, cancelling a planned friendly against Iran and acknowledging "we will strive to do better moving forward."
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