Canada’s men’s national soccer team is due to play a match against Curacao on Thursday after a labor dispute forced Canadian soccer federation, Canada Soccer, to cancel a friendly match against the Panamanian team on Sunday.

Canada Soccer announced via its Twitter account on Monday that the players of the men’s team have resumed training in Vancouver (Canada), where the match against Curaçao, which is part of the Concacaf Nations League, will be played on Thursday.

The return of the Canadian national team players to the sport comes after player representatives and Canada Soccer held a meeting on Sunday evening to restart negotiations.

On Monday, the players released a brief statement saying they had decided to return to training “in the hope that Canada Soccer will work out” to resolve the labor dispute.

The dispute between Canada Soccer and its players centers on the demands of soccer players who want 40% of the money obtained from Canada’s qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and facilities for their families to travel to the Cup of the world.

The players are also demanding greater transparency on the federation’s trade agreements as well as demands on the women’s football team.

Canada Soccer said it could not meet the players’ demands and offered the players a “fair” deal.

This is the first time in 36 years that the Canadian team has qualified for the World Cup.

The Canadian women’s soccer team, which is ranked sixth in the world and won gold at the Olympics last year, said in a statement that the proposal presented last week by the federation is a positive step. . .

The players of the men’s soccer team have refused to play the friendly match they had scheduled for Sunday in Vancouver against Panama, as part of the preparation for the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The match has been suspended for two hours before the scheduled start.