League1 Ontario commissioner Dino Rossi believes that the league’s men’s and women’s divisions will soon be a proving ground for not only the best players in his home province, but from across Canada.

When the NWSL was founded, the Canadian Soccer Association was in on the ground floor; the CSA agreed to subsidize the contracts of 16 Canadian players, who would all be assigned to various teams in the new women’s league. But, that relationship isn’t quite as rosy as it was a couple of years ago — and Canada is no longer using its full allocation...

Dino Rossi had a vision; to create a sustainable developmental league for up-and-coming talent; after shaking off the naysayers, the new Ontario league has become one of the most remarkable achievements in Canadian soccer

Canada got to the quarter-final stage of the recently completed U-20 Women’s World Cup, losing to the eventual champs from Germany. But, as we rocket towards next year’s Women’s World Cup, we need to be realistic about how our women’s program compares against the global elite...