York9 and Forge FC to contest first regular-season match in CanPL history 29 Jan 2019 The two teams will play April 27, exactly one year after the league launched its identity and branding.
Smyrniotis takes the reins at Forge FC 1 Oct 2018 As the third instalment of the "Got Game" Canadian Premier League trials got underway on Monday, it was as good a time as any for Forge FC to announce Bobby Smyrniotis as the club's head coach and technical director.
Orange County, Canada: Forge FC unveiled as Hamilton’s CanPL club 12 Jul 2018 More than 2,000 fans gathered in Hamilton Thursday to see Forge FC unveiled as the sixth CanPL franchise, joining Halifax Wanderers, Cavalry FC, Valour FC, FC Edmonton and York 9.
Promotion-relegation. Independent-club system. The future of CanPL, as seen by its new commissioner 10 Jan 2018 The new commissioner of the Canadian Premier League prefers the independent club system. He dreams of a time when Canada has a Premier League, a second division and a third division — and teams are promoted and relegated through those leagues. He envisions Canadian pro soccer teams from coast-to-coast.
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.
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.
Young still committed to bringing NASL to Hamilton, despite stadium debate 5 Jan 2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats' owner Bob Young still has plans to bring a North American Soccer League expansion franchise to Hamilton, even though he and the city are still at philosophical odds over the site for the construction of a new stadium. Young and the city have been through numerous discussions about the 15,000-seat stadium, which is to be built for the 2015 Pan American Games. Both the Canadian federal and provincial governments have promised to put money into the cost of building the stadium, along with the city. Young has promised to provide some $10 million towards the stadium construction, and among other things has indicated he will pursue an NASL franchise to steer the city council towards a site he prefers. The stadium would have to be expanded to fit 25,000-30,000 to make it suitable for the Canadian Football League's template.
