Diana Matheson added to interim coaching staff for Canadian women’s soccer team

By The Canadian Press on October 16, 2024.

It will be coach by committee for the Canadian women’s soccer team’s upcoming friendly with Spain, in the absence of suspended coach Bev Priestman.

Former Canadian international Diana Matheson joins returning assistant coaches Andy Spence, Jen Herst and Neil Wood in the coaching ensemble for the Oct. 25 game in Almendralejo, Spain

Matheson, co-founder of the fledgling Northern Super League, is serving in an interim team support role. The staff will also include Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite head coach Katie Collar, as an interim technical assistant, andinterim performance analyst Maryse Bard-Martel.

Canada Soccer says the interim coaching staff “will support the team on a collective basis for the October window.”

Priestman was handed a one-year suspension from soccer by FIFA in the wake of the Paris Olympic drone-spying scandal.

The Canadian women are ranked sixth in the world while Spain, the reigning World Cup champion, is No. 3.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2024

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