While Olympic champion Canada has exited the FIFA Women’s World Cup after the group stage, 16 teams are still in contention.
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Canada’s early exit at the tournament will not help Canada Soccer’s bottom line as much as it no doubt hoped.
According to FIFA, participating member associations whose teams do not survive the group stage each receive $1.56 million US from the world governing body to “support football development in their countries.”
That rises
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