Montreal: Elite female footballers and the Canadian Soccer Association looked set for mediation in an attempt to resolve their dispute over the use of artificial pitches at next summer's Women's World Cup.


Footballers Marta, Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach (right) during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland. Pic/Getty Images

The two sides have seven days to accept the order, an adjudicator at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario said Friday, and football's world governing body FIFA which backs the use of plastic pitches, can also take part.