When CCL adds more Canadian teams, frozen February matches could be the norm 21 Feb 2018 It could become our annual cold-shaming-of-teams-from-other-parts-of-CONCACAF festival. Oh, hi there, Mexican champs! Welcome to -20 C! Oh, hello L.A. Galaxy. Welcome to Winnipeg in February. No, this isn’t “bad” weather to us. This is NORMAL weather to us.
CanPL V-P James Easton talks about how rosters will be built, and competition will be shaped 31 Jan 2018 Easton shared some thoughts on how he sees the league, and what the long-term goals are when it comes to developing Canadian players.
Organic team identities, team contract options, single table: What CanPL can learn from MLS 15 Jan 2018 As CanPL moves toward its 2019 launch as this country’s division one, despite the presence of three Canadian sides in MLS, it will be interesting to see what the league takes away from MLS — and what it stays away from.
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.
Make mine a double double: Tim Hortons exec David Clanachan is CanPL’s first-ever commissioner 10 Jan 2018 The cream has risen to the top. The icing has been spread on the doughnut.
Fath was at last week’s CanPL meetings, but warns not to expect a quick resurrection of FC Edmonton 12 Dec 2017 Fath said his presence at the most recent round of CanPL talks was of an “exploratory” nature.
Fath: FC Edmonton will not return in any league unless Edmonton proves soccer can be sustainable 24 Nov 2017 “As for the Canadian Premier League, I love the idea, I think it’s important for Canada. But what we require is it to be sustainable. We need to be sustainable. Whatever we do, it won’t be USL. And the NASL is not sustainable in Edmonton.”
With the club’s path unclear, FC Edmonton begins releasing players 16 Nov 2017 The group of FC Edmonton players had their contracts expire on November 15. And with the team in limbo at the moment, it’s really no surprise that the team is now making the news of these players’ departures official.
USL president says Canada needs its own league 10 Nov 2017 While the Ottawa Fury are committed to return to USL in 2018, USL President Jake Edwards said that the team’s membership in the North American Division-2 circuit is on a year-to-year basis. And Edwards said he and the league are supportive of the move to launch a Canadian Premier League.
FC Edmonton owner Fath hopeful NASL can still salvage Div-2 status after U.S. court defeat 4 Nov 2017 “I was very disappointed in the initial decision to not sanction NASL as a Division-2 league, because it should be,” Fath said Saturday. “And now I am very disappointed that the injunction didn’t go through. Now, the league will look at options, we’ll be looking at the next steps.”