VANCOUVER -- Negotiations continue between the Canadian Soccer Association and women's head coach Carolina Morace for her to remain with the team until at least the 2012 London Olympic Games.
A proposal, including monetary compensation for the women's team, has been presented to Morace, CSA president Dominic Maestracci said Tuesday.
Morace has threatened to quit as national team coach following this year's Women's World Cup in Germany.
"We sent our proposal," Maestracci said. "Now we are waiting for a response from the coach and the team."
Maestracci and Peter Montopoli, the CSA's general secretary, were in Vancouver inspecting B.C. Place Stadium as a possible venue for when Canada hosts the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Maestracci did not offer details of the proposal given to Morace.
Asked about Morace's status with the team, Maestracci said: "It's better."
"Now it's a question of negotiations with the lawyer of the team," he said.
With Morace at the helm the Canadian women have risen to No. 6 in the FIFA world rankings. That's the team's highest position since the rankings were introduced in 2003.
Morace said February that she planned to quit after the World Cup because of frustrations with the CSA. In a show of support, players threatened to boycott future games.
The team agreed to participate in the 12-team Cyprus Cup after CSA officials met with Morace. The Canadian women went on to win the tournament.
Montopoli said there's a chance Morace could stay with the team through the 2015 World Cup.
"Right now we are working toward 2012," he said.
B.C. Place Stadium, located in downtown Vancouver, is currently undergoing $565 million in renovations, including a retractable roof. When it re-opens this fall it will be home to the CFL's B.C. Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer.
"We are very impressed with what we see with the stadium here," said Montopoli.
"Principally we came to review how the competition would look. That involved the main stadium and training fields. We are impressed on both accounts."
Canada was awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup earlier this month after Zimbabwe dropped out of the running. The CSA was the sole bidder remaining from the original seven who showed interest in hosting the event.
The tournament will feature 24 teams, an increase from the 16 that will compete this year in Germany.
Vancouver is one of seven cities that has shown interest in hosting matches. The others are Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Moncton, Winnipeg and Edmonton.
The CSA hopes to visit the other six cities over the next five weeks.
Montopoli said FIFA officials are scheduled to visit the venues this fall. The World Cup host cities will be announced early in 2012.
Canada will need a minimum six host cities for the 2015 World Cup and four for the 2014 women's U-20 championships.
Germany will have nine host cities.
There has been speculation the World Cup final match could be played in Vancouver.
"Once we make the announcement, we will start working with each of the host cities in order to assess which is the best candidate for opening (game), final game, opening ceremony, closing ceremony," said Montopoli. "There are many components.
"We have to work through a jigsaw puzzle in order to get to that."
So far Toronto, which will host the 2015 Pan American Games, has not asked to be part of the World Cup.
Montopoli seemed to close the door on Toronto becoming involved at a later date.
"We gave an opportunity for every city in Canada to be part of this event," he said. "We worked through the whole process.
"At a point in time ... Toronto said it wasn't interested. We are working very hard with the city of Vancouver and the other six candidate bid cities to make it work in their respective communities."
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