Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal.

91裸聊视频淚 hope out of a really tough situation, this is a turning point for our game,91裸聊视频� she wrote in an Instagram post via her verified account. 91裸聊视频淭here has been a standard and precedent set now, irrespective of gender, tournament or associated revenues that will hopefully clean up our game.91裸聊视频�

She did not address her role in the affair in the six-paragraph post.

Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi are all serving one-year FIFA bans for their role in the scandal, which saw the Canada women91裸聊视频檚 team use a drone to spy on two New Zealand training sessions at the Olympics.

Canada Soccer says the three won91裸聊视频檛 be back in the wake of the recent independent report into the scandal. Lombardi is already gone, having resigned his position after the Olympics.

91裸聊视频淭he findings of the independent investigator reveal that the incident itself was a symptom of a difficult and unacceptable past culture within the national teams,91裸聊视频� Canada Soccer chief executive officer and general secretary Kevin Blue and president and board chair Peter Augruso said in a statement when the report was released earlier this month.

Canada Soccer continues to investigate the roots of the spying scandal and has initiated a disciplinary process against former men91裸聊视频檚 and women91裸聊视频檚 coach John Herdman, currently coach of Toronto FC.

The governing body has said it 91裸聊视频渉as initiated a proceeding with respect to Mr. Herdman under its Disciplinary Code.91裸聊视频�

Herdman did not speak to Sonia Regenbogen, who wrote the report.

Priestman signed a new contract in January that runs through the 2027 FIFA Women91裸聊视频檚 World Cup.

The 38-year-old Priestman took over the Canadian women on Nov. 1, 2020, and was initially appointed 91裸聊视频渢hrough the next quadrennial.91裸聊视频� She had been working on a rolling contract 91裸聊视频� until the new deal.

91裸聊视频淚t has and will continue to take some time to process, heal, find the right words and step back into a public setting but I felt I should say something irrespective of ongoing circumstances,91裸聊视频� Priestman wrote.

In addition to the suspensions, FIFA docked the Canadian women six points in the group stage at the Olympics and fined Canada Soccer 200,000 Swiss francs ($312,815).

Despite that, defending champion Canada still managed to make the knockout round before losing a penalty shootout to Germany in the quarterfinals.

91裸聊视频淚 know that amazing group was ready to reach the top again this summer, but in many ways what they did was even more special under such difficult circumstances,91裸聊视频� Priestman wrote.

She also thanked those who had reached out to her.

91裸聊视频淵ou continue to help me through some dark days,91裸聊视频� she said.

Canadian under-20 coach Cindy Tye has been named interim coach for the sixth-ranked Canadians91裸聊视频� upcoming friendlies in Spain against Iceland and South Korea.