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Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025.
Soccer players will pay a $13 fee, up from $9 in what Canada Soccer says is the first membership fee hike since 2017.
Canada Soccer also has a new president-elect in Peter Augruso. The president and chair of Ontario Soccer ran unopposed after incumbent Charmaine Crooks announced before the vote that she would not seek re-election in order to pursue other opportunities.
The fee increase came in the form of two motions at the annual general meeting in Montreal.
The first called for a raise of $3 to go to the national governing body. The second called for an additional $1 hike with half going to Canadian national …
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