Potential CanPL owners talk about their big dreams for Saskatchewan soccer 21 Jul 2017 How do you know that you’re at a Canadian Premier League meet-and-greet event with circuit president Paul Beirne and two prospective partners in a Saskatchewan franchise?
CanPL era officially begins: New league ratified by the Canadian Soccer Association 6 May 2017 But, officially, the Canadian Premier League era began Saturday in Whistler B.C., as the new league was ratified by the Canadian Soccer Association.
Oilers: CanPL “not on our radar” 29 Mar 2017 So, today, I asked the Oilers Entertainment Group point-blank about their involvement with the Canadian Premier League. And the statement: "We are not in discussions and it's not on our radar."
Reserve teams in CanPL? Thanks, but no thanks 21 Sep 2016 If the Canadian soccer community wants to come together to rally behind its own national league, we can’t have any of the member teams serving more than one master.
The new Canadian Professional League needs to go public ASAP 3 Feb 2016 This is not how a league is launched. For the first real public pronouncements about the Canadian league to come from contractor who puts bubbles over fields looks bad on basically our whole soccer establishment. What the investors in said Canadian league need to do now is to get ahead of this story — it’s about time for the rumours to end and some sort of public acknowledgement to be made. If a PR person isn’t in place, hire one. Now.
FC Edmonton: No contact at all with Canadian professional league backers 1 Jun 2015 But, if the league does indeed come to be — and, to be fair, there is still a lot of skepticism out there — the assumption that the North American Soccer League’s Ottawa Fury and FC Edmonton would simply come along for the ride is well, off-base.
Put your money where your mouth is: Would you support a Canadian Div. 1 soccer league? 19 Mar 2015 All you do is this: If you would spend $500 a ticket (yes, I know some tickets would be less, some would be more, but this is a good median figure), then go down and click off a box that corresponds to your region. Please don’t vote more than once. I have this poll policed, but technology is never 100 per cent efficient.
The distinct society 13 Mar 2015 Montreal’s fans are different than soccer supporters you’d find in the rest of Canada. They feel the pull of their unique Quebecois heritage; if a Canadian league ever launched, they might constitute the most difficult market in which to succeed. So, we asked them... What’s more important: The Impact developing Canadian soccer players, or the Impact doing what needs to be done in order to win games in a predominantly American league?
Canada’s big bid 25 Jun 2014 For Canadians, the 2014 World Cup is a lot like the 2010 World Cup. Or 2006. Or 2002. Or 1990, 1994 and 1998. Canada didn’t qualify for the big tournaments, so our rooting interests lie in our heritage nations. Or maybe we watch American TV and follow the exploits of Michael Bradley and co. And, of course, we have to deal with the Canadian media assumption that somehow England is “our” team. But, as the 2014 World Cup plays out in Brazil, Canadian Soccer Association President Victor Montagliani is telling anyone who’ll listen about the bid to host the 2026 World Cup. We look at the coming bid, and what it means for the country and potential host cities...
Montagliani’s vision: A Canadian Division 1A that “coexists” with MLS, NASL 18 Jun 2014 But, there's one part of that World Cup section that's sure to get a lot of attention. And that's the stated Canadian Soccer Association goal of an all-Canadian Division One — or "1A," as CSA President Victor Montagliani called it in our interview.