20 years old Kosovar Sadiki is one of our best CB prospect. He will have a chance to continue his development at Hibernian (Scotland) Kosovar Sadiki (@KosovarSadiki), signed for @HibernianFC & will be playing for the Reserve side... https://t.co/AQ0P9HZOTL #CanucksAbroad #UnitedKingdom #Scotland #UK— Canucks Abroad (@Canucks_Abroad) February 5, 2019
Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion Canadian Premier League gets 1 spot as of July 2019 (Whoever has the most points by then or split season) 22 clubs 12 Clubs plays (home/away) on the 1st round. Winners joined the next 10 highest ranked teams in Round 2 for the Round of 16 (Knockout Stage) The Winner of the CONCACAF League goes to 2020 Champions League The remaining 15 clubs will be ranked from 1 to 15 Best next 5 also joins 2020 Champions League CPL path to the 2020 Champions League A CPL club must make it to the round of 16 by winning in round 1. That club must advance to the quarter finals to be part of the final 8 A-If the CPL Club wins, they automatically advance to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League B-If they lose, they most rank as the top 2 of the losing teams from the quarter finals (tie breakers) to advance to 2020 CONCACAF Champions League Concacaf Announces #SCL Expansion: 2️⃣2️⃣ clubs🇨🇦 Inclusion of a @CPLsoccer spot🔝Five Central American clubs🆕Qualification method to Champions League🗞 >> https://t.co/2AhgRz7ws3 pic.twitter.com/S5QMe9US6N— Concacaf (@Concacaf) February 11, 2019 Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/concacaf-announces-scotiabank-concacaf-league-expansion In addition to qualifying its champion to the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, the tournament will qualify an additional five teams. At the end of the competition, clubs will we ranked 1-15, in accordance with the competition tie-breaking procedure. The top five ranked clubs will automatically qualify for the 2020 edition of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. For 2019, the Member Association slots have been allocated as follows (in alphabetical order by Member Association): Preliminary Round (12 clubs): Belize 1, Canada 2, Caribbean 3, Caribbean 4, Costa Rica 3, El Salvador 2, El Salvador 3, Guatemala 2, Guatemala 3, Honduras 3, Nicaragua 2 and Panama 3 Round of 16 (10 + 6 winners of the Preliminary Round): Caribbean 2, Costa Rica 1, Costa Rica 2, El Salvador 1, Guatemala 1, Honduras 1, Honduras 2, Nicaragua 1, Panama 1 and Panama 2.
The league was teasing a unique format for the inaugural season and they claimed that it was done elsewhere around the world. They must have been told in advance and an announcement from the league is imminent Only logical way would be a split season (Apertura and Clausura) to determine who represents the league in the tournament and could also use the Gold Cup as the perfect time to enable the split season.
The Gold Cup is a little early though; it starts 7 weeks after CPL kickoff. Post-Gold Cup is a good separation point though. I don't know if it's necessary to do a formal split (I ********ing hate split seasons; they're a dumb gimmick), but they could definitely do a double round-robin for the first 12 games to pick the CPL rep.
Perhaps, the league said they would come up with something unique so you might be right. That would mean that whoever wins the CPL cup at the end of the season would then qualify (logically) for the 2020 CONCACAF League tournament then.
Hate that massive time gap between qualifying and actually playing, but yeah, that makes sense to me.
Oh wow! Just noticed that this new format effectively demoted all Central American leagues as well. Only Mexico, USA, Canada and CFU Champion qualifies straight to the 2020 Champions League. Central America will be very upset at this one
Pretty rightly. Costa Rican teams have been nearly as good as MLS entrants (there's a gap, but it's not huge). MLS now gets 5 direct entrants into the Champions League, Costa Rica gets 0. There's no competitive justification for that disparity, nor for the ********ing Caribbean champion getting straight in.
So we`re looking at this for 2019-2020 2019 CONCACAF League Round 1 (Home and away) Belize (1) Canada (1) Caribbean (2) Costa Rica (1) El Salvador (2) Guatemala (2) Honduras (1) Nicaragua (1) Panama (1) Total of 12 *Winners (6 teams) advances to Round 2 Round 2 (Round of 16) 10 teams + the winners (6 teams) from Round 1 Caribbean (1) Costa Rica (2) El Salvador (1) Guatemala (1) Honduras (2) Nicaragua (1) Panama (2) Winners from Round 1 (6) Total of 16 teams Who qualifies to the 2020 CONCACAF League Champions 2019 CONCACAF League Champions advances to 2020 Champions League Semi-Finalists automatically advance to 2020 Champions League (4 teams including the champion) Top 2 losing teams of the Quarter-Finals advances to the 2020 Champions League 2020 Champions League Qualified - 10 teams Mexico (4) USA (4) Canada (1) CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (1) 6 teams from CONCACAF League (6) Total of 16
Isn't the Canadian Championship going to interfere with CONCACAF League. I was looking at the dates and Canadian Championship runs from May to September and CONCACAF League will run from July to November. The CPL teams start in the first and second round qualifying for Canadian Championship in May and June which at least 3 CPL teams should make it to the third round. Depending on what team it is, it could create scheduling problems.
That's an...interesting way to do that. I wonder if there's a club eligibility registration deadline or something, and if the four excluded clubs didn't exist soon enough to register. Otherwise, woo boy that's a bad decision.
News on Larin Besides Antalyaspor interested too, on a loan from Cyle Larin, According to Miliyet, is Larin in talks with @Antalyaspor https://t.co/04iMeWHl5C #CanucksAbroad #Turkey #Rumours— Canucks Abroad (@Canucks_Abroad) February 14, 2019
He still got it. 2 goals in 3 games for Hutchinson still playing at that level at his age. Besiktas are looking to extend his contract according to sources 1096486854369730560 is not a valid tweet id He will be at the Gold Cup but said it would be his last international appearance... Next behind him is Samuel Piette from Montreal Impact, however, if Stephen Eustaquio (Cruz Azul) commits to Canada, he'd be ahead of Piette
Liam Millar came off the bench for Kilmarnock in a 1-0 loss to Celtic. Great game and it was fun seeing Liam Millar vs Tim Weah
Everything pointing out to a Media deal. CSB (Canadian Soccer Business) is the equivalent of what SUM is to MLS Tune in at 5:30 PM EST for a landmark announcement. #CanPL pic.twitter.com/YgH9uNU4tP— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) February 20, 2019
The value of the #CanPL rights agreement won’t be announced publicly, but it’s understood to be “jaw-dropping” for a startup. The survival threshold of a new league is around 10 years, so this deal almost ensures long term survival & growth. Congrats to @ticatmitchell & co!— Peter Schaad (@PeteSchaad) February 20, 2019
The Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) is pleased to announce a ten-year Official Media Partnership with @GrupoMEDIAPRO.📝: https://t.co/GF3EPcEMhf | #CanPL pic.twitter.com/SgFi86mYhz— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) February 20, 2019 Canadian Soccer Business’ (CSB) announced 10-year Official Media Partnership with MEDIAPRO which includes the acquisition of global and domestic media rights for Canada Soccer’s men’s and women’s national team home matches Canadian Premier League League1 Ontario, the third-tier semi-pro division the league acquired last year Voyageurs Cup (Canadian Championship) MEDIAPRO will be in charge of the production of thousands of matches will launch a diverse and versatile channel that will be available for all platforms and devices entirely devoted to delivering world-class dedicated Canadian soccer coverage and content. This includes an OTT soccer streaming channel, complemented by unique soccer shoulder programming including magazine shows, documentaries and other Canadian soccer programming. The value of the #CanPL rights agreement won’t be announced publicly, but it’s understood to be “jaw-dropping” for a startup. The survival threshold of a new league is around 10 years, so this deal almost ensures long term survival & growth. Congrats to @ticatmitchell & co!— Peter Schaad (@PeteSchaad) February 20, 2019 "A leading global content producer, MEDIAPRO will be in charge of the production of thousands of matches and will launch a diverse and versatile channel that will be available for all platforms and devices entirely devoted to delivering world-class dedicated Canadian soccer coverage and content. This includes an OTT [Over-The-Top, i.e. direct to viewers over the internet like TSN Go or DAZN] soccer streaming channel, complemented by unique soccer shoulder programming including magazine shows, documentaries and other Canadian soccer programming." Most likely, the games will be on DAZN and beIN but also, the deal makes it possible to sell content to other medias such as Canadian sports channels or other media plateform
Canadian Premier League joins forces with Spain-based media partner https://www.vancourier.com/canadian...ces-with-spain-based-media-partner-1.23640212 A source said Mediapro is investing $200 million into the Canadian project over the lifetime of the deal. Scott Mitchell, CEO of Canadian Soccer Business, calls it "the single-largest commitment any company has ever made in terms of soccer in Canada." The agreement gives Mediapro global and domestic media rights to the CPL, the Canadian Championship and rights for all home games of the Canadian men's and women's teams. It also includes rights to League 1 Ontario matches, a feeder league under the CPL umbrella.
A few more details regarding CSB’s deal with MEDIAPRO:- Desktop app slated for March; iOS/Android app for April; SmartTV for May.- Deal would seemingly allow for licensing of matches to other networks at MEDIAPRO’s discretion. - Plan is to provide content 7 days a week. #CanPL— Armen Bedakian (@ArmenBedakian) February 21, 2019
Welcome to #CANMNT, Stephen Eustáquio 🍁 pic.twitter.com/adDgEyFkwr— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) February 22, 2019