Aoife Mannion: 'I had an Irish passport before I had an English one'

In comparison to the accusations of financial mismanagement and gender inequality being levelled at Canada Soccer by its own players, the FAI is on firm ground. The Olympic champions, who face the Republic of Ireland in the World Cup pool stages, had strike action averted this week due to a punitive legal threat. Instead, a protest is expected when Canadian and American players take the field in Orlando this Thursday for the She Believes Cup. Resistance to Canada Soccer's cost-cutting under chief executive Nick Bontis can go one of two ways. If the players' collective grievances are addressed, Ireland might…