Vera Pauw's side face China PR in an international friendly in Marbella tomorrow.
Emma Duffy reports from Marbella. THE REPUBLIC OF Ireland women’s national football team will wear purple wristbands in solidarity with Canada in their international friendly against China PR in Marbella tomorrow.Vera Pauw’s side face Canada in their second outing in Perth on 26 July, with co-hosts Australia and Nigeria also joining them in Group B at their first-ever major tournament.
They later called it off, saying in a statement that the national federation had threatened legal action. Captain Christine Sinclair claimed her team were being “forced back to work” and would play in the SheBelieves Cup “under protest”.Sinclair and co. say they will wear purple — a colour “historically associated with efforts to achieve gender equality,” their Players’ Association wrote in a statement – until Canada Soccer “has standards in place that ensure equal treatment and opportunity”.
“For us, we’re wearing it because we just want to support them,” Megan Connolly explained. “Us as a team, we’ve been through it before and come out the other end, so I think for us, it’s just to show a stance with them that we support them. I think a lot of other teams have done it. I know the USA have done it. For us, it’s just to show support.”
Saudi Arabia’s reported sponsorship of this summer’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand has raised eyebrows, along with further questions over Fifa’s ethics.Nations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this springWhile noting the deal had not yet been finalised, Pauw said it is “a concern” for Ireland, due to women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. They have not yet discussed it as a group, waiting first on the confirmation.
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