The current deficit has been attributed to the board's decision to retroactively pay our women's national team on the basis, of course, of equal pay. Also, the costs from some recent men's national team matches have allowed us to be where we are now, not to mention the COVID–19 recovery and also the very extensive travel that had to be taken over the past year for our respective teams to travel to World Cup and training competitions.
On May 11th, 2023. See this statement in context.