Belan sets cautious path towards CanPL 1 Apr 2019 The new approach from Belan is in contrast to appearances from a year ago when it looked as though Saskatchewan might join the Canadian Premier League for its inaugural season.
Membership numbers are surging for York 9, but team still has a ways to go 8 Nov 2018 At time of writing, the club’s membership numbers have nearly tripled during October to 702, an amount that still leaves them behind five of the other clubs preparing to kickoff in April, but represents a significant increase.
Can the CanPL start fixing our country’s “Mayan pyramid?” 24 Oct 2018 The task is daunting. The CanPL coaches are building a soccer league in a country that has never really embraced one. Success on the field, in the stands, and with player development may be elusive for years.
Clanachan: CanPL is “zeroed in” on seven teams for 2019 16 Oct 2018 “We are zeroed in on the seven (teams), obviously. I wouldn’t say it would take a minor miracle, but it would take something very innovative to happen very quickly (to add an eighth for 2019)”, said Clanachan.
Never mind the memberships: Brennan bullish on York 9’s future 16 Oct 2018 “What we’re concerned about is that when these games come, we want 6,000 to 10,000 people in the seats. A membership is nice. But we’re not worried about that. We know what we’ve got coming down the line … all of the events that we’ve done, and the interest that we have, so we’re not worried about [memberships].”
When it was our game 13 Mar 2015 Canada has only qualified for the World Cup once — in 1986. But, thanks to a bunch of players who had honed their skills in the Canadian Soccer League, a scrappy and determined national team got very close to making it to USA 1994. That represented the last time Canada got close to a World Cup. We wonder what would have happened to us if the first-division Canadian league would have survived...
Regina’s soccer soul 28 Jun 2014 When you think of Saskatchewan and sports, you think about football... the other football, that is. But, when former Canadian national-teamer Kevin Holness returned home to Regina after his professional playing days were done, he helped rekindle a city’s love for the game of soccer