York 9 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.
Murofushi makes the move from Singapore to York 9 22 Jan 2019 “Wataru is technically gifted, incredibly exciting to watch, and he’s got exactly the right frame of mind to come continue his professional career in Canada.” said York 9 manager Jim Brennan in a release issued by the team. “He’s explosive and exceptionally quick off the ball. He’s going to be a great asset to our club.”
In search of Manny: Aparicio will play for York 9 14 Jan 2019 With York 9, Manny Aparicio will get the chance to do something he didn't get to do in three years as a Toronto FC player. And that's play a league game in front of family and friends.
Three CanPL sides get first-round byes in new Canadian Championship format 10 Jan 2019 Greenhouses don’t have as many seedings as the new, improved Canadian Championship will have in 2019.
Di Chiara, Thompson make their moves home to York 9 7 Jan 2019 One of the goals of the Canadian Premier League was to give opportunities to Canadians playing in Europe — and then fallen off the radars of fans back home — the chance to repatriate themselves.
Furlano joins the L1O movement at York 9 21 Dec 2018 It's still early in the "announcement of signings" process, but York 9 looks to be putting together an all-star team of League1 Ontario products.
With L10 and Swedish league experience, Adjei makes for the prototypical CanPL foreign signing 3 Dec 2018 Simon Adjei had a heck of a strike rate in 2016, when he played for Aurora FC in League1 Ontario. The Swedish/Ghanaian forward scored 19 times in 19 matches before heading back to Europe.
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.
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].”
