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U.S. Soccer aware of prior Canada spying incidents - sources

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MARSEILLE, France -- When news first broke of Canada's Olympic soccer team being caught using a drone to spy on an opponent's training session, there was significant shock and surprise among many athletes and officials.

Just not at the U.S. Soccer Federation.

The episode in France -- which led to the team being penalized six points at these Games, as well as the head coach and two staffers being banned from soccer for a year -- is just the latest in a long pattern of similar circumstances involving Canadian teams attempting to view other teams' closed practices, multiple sources with connections to U.