Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: July 30, 2025 - 21:21
Bev Priestman says she ‘had to get out’ of Canada after drone-spying scandal
July 30, 2025
Bev Priestman, the former head coach of Canada’s women’s national soccer team – who was banned by FIFA for her role in a drone spying scandal at the Paris Olympics – has been hired as head coach of New Zealand’s only professional women’s team.
Priestman made her return to soccer this week after her one-year ban. The ban expired the day before New Zealand’s Wellington Phoenix announced Priestman would be the new coach of their women’s squad.
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