Athlete and Olympian Charmaine Crooks who took over from former CSA president Nick Bontis when he resigned in February
The newly elected president of the Canadian Soccer Association testified to a House of Commons committee Thursday, promising a new era of openness at an organization that its top players say is notoriously secretive.
Crooks distanced herself from the 2008 board, which included Montagliani and that negotiated coach Bob Birarda’s exit, despite allegations he sexually harassed national team and W-League Whitecaps players. Birarda was charged in late 2020, pleaded guilty in early 2022 and was jailed for 16 months last November for sexual assaults that occurred between 1988 and 2008.
In March, captain Christine Sinclair appeared in-person at a House of Commons committee, and welcomed a woman in the top role, but was unimpressed by Crooks’ board performance.
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