The Canada Soccer drone scandal during the Paris Olympics led to the suspended Canada’s women’s head coach, Bev Priestman, now fired, and Toronto FC coach John Herdman tendering his resignation, though the Major League Soccer team did not give a reason for his resignation.
According to an independent review, it was found to be part of a “practice of conducting surreptitious surveillance of opponents” in the national program that predated the Paris Games.
Canada Soccer said earlier this month in its summary of findings from an independent review that it had “initiated a proceeding with respect to Mr. Herdman under the Disciplinary Code.”
“Potential violations of the Canada Soccer Code of Conduct and Ethics by the former head coach of the men’s national team were identified,” Canada Soccer said in the Nov. 12 summary.
Herdman was invited to be interviewed for the independent review, but, due to scheduling issues, they had not been able to reach a mutually agreed time to meet. Canada’s sorcerer said.
Herdman coached Canada’s women’s team from 2011 to 2018, leading them to bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, before taking over the men’s side from 2018 to 2023.