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    "title": "Canada Soccer statement on racist incident involving Theo Bair in Scotland",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-21 18:04:32",
    "published_at": "2023-04-07 15:10:00",
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    "subtitle": "Canada Soccer strongly condemns any and all forms of discrimination and maltreatment and is appalled by the reports of the racist incident that occurred following a match in Scotland last Saturday involving Canadian Theo Bair.",
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    "body": "<p>The vile and disgusting behaviour of some continues to happen all too often. When it does we must do all we can as a sport to quash it. To call it out when we see it. Canada Soccer will do all we can to support our Canadian players &mdash; domestically and those abroad who represent Canada honourably wherever they find themselves in the world.</p><p>We are grateful to Theo&rsquo;s club, St Johnstone Football Club, for their swift and decisive action in condemning and punishing the offender.</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-24e55e1d-b163-4ce0-88b4-90612c4f6502\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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