The purple wristbands the Canadian women’s soccer team wore during the SheBelieves Cup to symbolize its fight for equality will be on show worldwide during the FIFA April international window.
FIFPro, the union representing professional footballers, says women’s national team players will wear the purple wristbands “in a show of collective solidarity and desire for positive change.”
The union notes the Canadian women started the trend, symbolizing equality, to publicize their labour dispute with Canada Soccer. Ahead of the SheBelieves Cup games in February in the U.S., the Canadians also wore purple T-shirts with the words “Enough is Enough” etched on them.
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