{"id":16539,"date":"2023-02-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/three-french-national-team-soccer-stars-will-not-play-internationally\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:00:00","slug":"three-french-national-team-soccer-stars-will-not-play-internationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/three-french-national-team-soccer-stars-will-not-play-internationally\/","title":{"rendered":"Three French national team soccer stars will not play internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>With less than five months to go until the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup, three French national team stars, including captain Wendie Renard, stunningly announced that they will not play internationally until changes are made within the federation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The background:<\/strong> Multiple French players have <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly criticized<\/a> head coach Corinne Diacre since she was appointed in 2017. That year, Diacre notably <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stripped Renard of her captaincy<\/a>, only to regrant it in 2021. Diacre also <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left Katoto off the 2019 World Cup team<\/a>, despite the forward leading the French league in goals that season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The squad is <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked No. 5<\/a> in the world, but has never reached the finals in a major international tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The response:<\/strong> The French soccer players\u2019 union (UNFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> all three athletes as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extremely brave<\/a>\u201d for speaking out and insisted the French Football Federation (FFF) listen to \u201cthis cry of alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The trend:<\/strong> This is just the latest example of international women\u2019s soccer players taking a stand against their operating organizations. The CanWNT remains in an <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing labor dispute<\/a> with Canada Soccer, while 15 players on Spain\u2019s national team <a href=\"https:\/\/thegist.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-fdrkukd-l-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refuse to play for their country<\/a> until head coach Jorge Vilda is fired. It shouldn\u2019t have to come to this, but more power to \u2019em.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/41a228c4-dd29-42de-9922-b8eebac11c83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: With less than five months to go until the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup, three French national team stars, including captain Wendie Renard, stunningly announced that they will not play internationally until changes are made within the federation. 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