Tyler Adams was not surprised over Canada’s drone spying scandal, saying that every team partakes in some sort of spying on their opponents. Well, maybe not with drones.
Tyler Adams reaction to Canada drone scandal — "Every team does it."
U.S. men’s national team and AFC Bournemouth player Adams had an interesting reaction to Canada’s men’s and women’s national teams being found guilty of spying on opponents with the use of drones in multiple international tournaments in the past years.
In an interview for The Cooligans podcast, Adams was asked on his initial reactions to finding out about Canada’s scandal, with the American revealing that about every team does something similar to get information on their opponents. He knows for a fact.
“I mean, listen, every team does it. I know for a fact every team does it,” Adams said.
“To some capacity, I don’t know about drones and sh*t, like that seems a little bit crazy but there’s always people when you train in stadiums a day before the game or whatever, someone will be acting like a worker and they’re really working for a different federation or something.
“It happens consistently. I’m positive of that,” he added.
USMNT's Tyler Adams on the Canada soccer spying scandal:
"I know for a fact every team does it." @SoccerCooligans pic.twitter.com/nyCmsLutA1— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) July 29, 2024
According to Adams, spying on opponents’ strategies (minus the drones), is something that is ‘normal’ in the soccer world.
For Canada’s misfortune, they were struck with a six-point deduction for their women’s national team in the current 2024 Paris Olympics and were forced to send manager Beverly Priestman back home after taking on a one-year ban from all soccer-related activity.
Perhaps not so normal to FIFA and everyone involved.
