Canada’s men’s national soccer team declined to play a game against Panama on Sunday amid tense labor negotiations with the country’s soccer governing body.

The players are looking to match game revenue and share World Cup prize money with the Canadian women’s team.

The game was canceled two hours before the scheduled start at BC Place in Vancouver. The Canadian players refused to practice on Friday and Saturday as they prepared for their first World Cup appearance since 1986.

The men’s soccer team released a statement on Sunday amid heated negotiations with governing body Canada Soccer, less than a month after unions for the U.S. men’s and women’s teams reached a historic equal pay deal with the United States. Football, the federation of this country.

“It’s time we supported the future of soccer in Canada,” the statement read.

The players said they wanted 40% of their World Cup prize money, a travel package for friends and family, and a “fair structure with our women’s national team sharing the same match fee, prize money percentages economic opportunities in our respective FIFA World Cups and the development of a women’s league in the country”.

“We want to work with our organization, but the relationship has been strained for years,” the players said in a statement. “And now Canada Soccer has disrespected our team and compromised our efforts to raise the bar and advance the sport in Canada.”

At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Nick Bontis, president of Canada Soccer, apologized to fans who were due to attend Sunday’s game, calling the players’ demands untenable.