The Canadian women’s national soccer team made headlines at the Paris Olympics, though they likely would have preferred a lower profile.

The team was caught in the middle of a drone flying scandal that resulted in the team being docked six points. Nevertheless, the then defending gold medalists put their heads down and reached the knockout stages after winning all three of their games.

Unfortunately for Canada their Olympic dreams ended against Germany after falling on penalties. While their play on the field earned them plenty of applause, the fallout from the drone scandal continues to be felt.

Players take aim at Priestman

“As the leader of the team on the field, I want to take accountability,” Priestman said after the scandal broke out.

While the coach attempted to take responsibility for what happened, it seems not all is well within the Canadian camp after defender Gabrielle Carle and teammate Evelyn Viens recently appeared on the Footy Prime podcast.

“She was completely front and center. She’s the one that broke the news to us that Joey [Lombardi] was in jail. She told us she was going to take all responsibility. You want candid [view]. In my opinion, she didn’t. She kind of went around and I don’t think that was okay,” said Carle, making it clear she wasn’t happy with how things played out in France.

While Priestman said she would take responsibility for what happened, Carle believes she didn’t keep her word.

“At the end of the day, whatever happened to her happened, but initially, we just thought, ‘Okay, this is being handled. We have our coaches dealing with this. It’s under control.’ Then the very next day, we see the press release and we realize, ‘Oh, accountability is not being taken’ and then it just kept getting worse and worse and worse,” added Carle.

Priestman stepped down from the coaching position ahead of the group stage opener against New Zealand, while the Canadian Olympic Committee later suspended her and assistant coach Andy Spence for the remainder of the games.