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Player protests and high-level resignations are dominating headlines amid a growing sense of reckoning in women’s soccer less than five months before the World Cup kicks off.

France's Wendie Renard looks dejected after the match.

French women’s coach Corinne Diacre is also under fire and her future may be decided on March 9 by an FFF select committee. “Bontis’ departure MUST trigger sweeping change,” Amy Walsh, who played for Canada at the 2008 Olympics and earned 102 caps, posted on Twitter. “It’s not enough.Neither Bontis nor Le Graet, however, are leaving the game. Bontis was named CONCACAF Council vice-president on Saturday, while Le Graet, who has denied all accusations, has reportedly been pegged to lead FIFA’s Paris office.The turmoil in the two women’s programmes is in stark contrast to their success on the pitch.

Across the pond, England’s Lionesses wore purple wristbands at the Arnold Clark Cup, to “display their support the Canadian WNT players and for gender equality,” the team said in a tweet.

 

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