What comes to mind when you ask about lasting change is that one of the avenues of revenue for the CSA is player fees across Canada. Those absolutely cannot be raised in order for Canada Soccer to profit. It has to be affordable for people to play this game and for kids to participate. That's my first one.
Second, we have to take care of our youth teams in the sense of giving them camps to be seen by national team coaches, to be given the same opportunity we were. I've played with Quinn since the age of 18 through the youth program. We wouldn't have been teammates if it weren't for that. You gain camaraderie and lasting, lifelong friendships through those youth teams.
When you look at other women's teams across the world, let's say in England and France, they have youth programs set up and youth academies set up through domestic leagues. Girls are playing in pro environments at 14 or 15 years old, some even younger. You see those players start to come through the system and make the national team at 17 or 18. They're pushing out the players who are elders, because that's how the game is supposed to work.
I'm not talking about you, Christine.