As @Pacificfccpl enjoys the first-ever @CPLsoccer win, a quiet roster update confirms the club has signed @ZachVerhoven. https://t.co/WYkesiKySn #CanPL #CPL— Northern Tribune (@northtribune) April 29, 2019
Just a quick gathering of opinions on the quality of the league I was at the inaugural game, watched it again, saw Pacific vs Halifax last night. From what I saw, it seems that the league was not exaggerating when claiming that the quality would be high at kick-off and wanting to be above USL Championship and projected to be under MLS (Most Central American leagues are there). Most analysts (even known skeptics), fans, casuals and non-fans admitted that the quality was much better they anticipated. I've watched my load of USL games (Ottawa Fury and TFC II) and the level of play was similar from the get go. I saw absolutely nothing suggesting it was lower. As the game progressed, it kept going higher. I found the play to be more entertaining. The most skeptical sports journalists are in the French province of Quebec as they barely cover CPL and are all about Montreal Impact...However: (translate in twitter) That was pre-game c'est un peu compliqué parce qu'il n'y a que 3 équipes canadiennes en MLS... La CanPL est techniquement la 1re division au Canada. En réalité, si on inclut les États-Unis, ce serait la 3e, peut-être même la 4e division. 1- MLS2- USL3- USL League One / CanPL— Nicolas A Martineau (@nik_martineau) April 27, 2019 (Most thought it would be somewhat like USL One) Half-time L'échantillon est restreint évidemment, mais venez pas me dire que c'est pas au niveau de la USL, là. #PLCan #CanPL— Eric C. (@EricVking) April 27, 2019 Exactement ce à quoi je m’attendais : un niveau déjà assez comparable à celui de la USL et fort agréable à regarder. 👌🏼 #prometteur https://t.co/gz5rBvjGsr— Arcadio Marcuzzi (@_marcuzzi) April 27, 2019 (Saw a level comparable to USL Championship) 2nd half (when Forge started to play really well) Je crois même que ces deux équipes pourraient tenir tête aux Revs, Rapids et un ou deux autres des cancres notoires de la MLS.— Arcadio Marcuzzi (@_marcuzzi) April 27, 2019 (Saw that they could be trouble to lower tier MLS - wouldn't look out of place) The point is that low expectations were exceeded. I think the spring season will be your "tune-up" season. I felt that Forge and Halifax used the wrong starting XI which saw a drastic change of their style of play once subs were being made. Some guys had no business being starters and better options were on the bench. Teams will know one another better, team chemistry will be better. The Fall season (July to October) will be CPL's true season and I expect CPL to achieve a higher level of play than USL Championship and for the quality to keep rising over the years.
My thoughts from the CPL game between Forge FC and York 9 FC on the personal level. Well everyone else is doing it! http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports19/19york086.htm I turned down an offer to see a special screening of the Avengers movie to attend this game. Then I have to replace my old car on three days notice and leave the lot with a '13 Dodge Avenger!
^ Thanks for your extensive description of the game experience. Too bad you didn't skip out on a special screening of the new Aladdin movie instead - you could have ended up with a flying carpet!
News on the Montreal Area team https://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690/bunbury-2021-is-more-realistic-1.1298455 Important points/quotes: "This will happen" - very assuring words There will also be a franchise in Quebec City Plans to Open up a developmental program in Montreal that "will be second to none" Spoke with commissioner Clanachan and said, wants to get things right even if it means 2021. 2020 still on the table Laval is the first location, but others are being assessed Believes the league will be important, "great start just need to keep the momentum going; not let the "excitement die off" Says that in his opinion, the quality of play was very high for CPL.
1st CPL post game podcast ⚽NEW POD⚽Kurt, Armen & Marty walk us through the first weekend of #CanPL action, look ahead to more inaugural matches this week and name players that stood out them on Saturday and Sunday. ✏️LISTEN 🎧: https://t.co/c3evMbe9Yt #CanPL pic.twitter.com/4slS0Oe7E3— CanPL.ca Newsroom (@CanPLPodcast) April 30, 2019
An even eight would be nice. The goal, however, must be getting the teams right rather than getting them in 2020.
Saskatchewan Selects relieved their kit today. They will be playing their 1st game on May 4th against USL Two Calgary Foothills in a bid to test the market for a club into the CPL Macron is partnering with @SSSSeries for Saskatchewan kits. An excellent colour scheme to work with! #CanPL https://t.co/ipgiYXQXxn— Bespoke FC (@Bespoke_FC) May 1, 2019 Looking good for the tickets 1123483220601970688 is not a valid tweet id
🚨 PLAYER SIGNING ALERT🚨🌊 Let’s give Matthew Arnone a warm East Coast welcome to the club.🗞 Full story: https://t.co/ug89JlaNTL pic.twitter.com/of4RnJcyhZ— Halifax Wanderers FC (@HFXWanderersFC) May 1, 2019
Seen too many leagues start with lots of hype and balloon up quickly only to pop. Hope we focus on growing smart and not growing fast.
FC Edmonton announces signing of Easton Ongaro📰 - https://t.co/ptCGlsqvNU#FCEd #yeg #CanPL pic.twitter.com/JrQOcXaRDW— FC Edmonton (@FCEdmontonNow) May 1, 2019
More positive reviews regarding Onesoccer production of the CPL and some jabs in the thread at Ottawa's decision to remain in USL So, I signed up for @onesoccer, tonight and man, for being an upstart little league, #CanPLxOneSoccer production quality & anchored commentary is already blowing USL out of the water, in week one. Everything I’ve seen, so far of the #CanPL launch has looked really polished. https://t.co/YQXonkWYhl— Laura Mills (@laurameme) May 2, 2019
I think the league is going to need some expansion teams. Aside from wanting more than seven teams in the league I think that it is unrealistic - despite the best efforts of all involved - to expect that every new team is going to survive long term. History is simply against it. Getting at least a couple in soon is good but, yes, grow smart rather than fast.
Joe Belan @JoeBelan Delighted to have @LeonsFurniture as a partner for the @SSSSeries. Long time Supporter of . Photo courtesy of @RocketRobin01 8:13 AM - 2 May 2019 from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Still have this in my closet and Belan found me because I held it up at a pub night for York 9 FC club announcement last year!
Fantastic news for Saskatoon. The ticket sell is going fantastic and it looks like Saskatoon are closer to get a CPL club
Pacific FC would like to officially welcome Ahmed Alghamdi to the club!The 17-year-old made his pro debut on Wednesday night: https://t.co/8ihR1uKQWB#ForTheIsle #CanPL pic.twitter.com/KWLDfi1D7r— Pacific FC (@Pacificfccpl) May 4, 2019
A CPL rule that will massively help the Canadian program is for teams to have to play a minimum of 3 U21 Canadian players for a minimum total of 1000 minutes per season. There were some skeptics on this rule as they believe it would affect teams flexibility with their rosters. Pacific FC is ahead with theses stats "Over the course of two games, the club’s group of U-21 players have combined to register an impressive 861 minutes."Pacific FC’s U-21 contingent making immediate impact: https://t.co/rgz7yguoDP#ForTheIsle #PacificFC #CanPL pic.twitter.com/tfd2nk0es0— Pacific FC (@Pacificfccpl) May 3, 2019 1 win and 1 loss so far. I expect that this will allow the National team to field much stronger U squads for Olympics Qualifications and World Cup thanks to CPL as they will have clocked lots of professional minutes
You think both Saskatoon and Regina should have a team of their own or do you think its vital for Saskatoon team;s territory to include Regina?
Looks like the Saskatchewan game testing the market was a success. The Saskatchewan Selects lost 2-1 against USL-2 (Reigning Champions) Calgary Foothills in Saskatoon. Good crowd for a cold night Great day for soccer yesterday! Thank you Saskatchewan! 2508 pre-sold tickets and 559 walk ups. Total attendance 3067!Stay tuned for details of the next match event! #KeepTheMomentumGoing #LetsGoProSaskatchewan photo credit @celesteglasser pic.twitter.com/z4vrZM9Sfa— SK Summer Soccer Series (@SSSSeries) May 5, 2019
The Saskatchewan ownership group Here’s a look into @JoeBelan and the rest of the Saskatchewan CPL ownership group. https://t.co/Z6ILnMKsGt #CanPL #CPL #LetsGoProSaskatchewan— Northern Tribune (@northtribune) May 9, 2019
Man, that looks like senior management team at the Prairie Provinces' 3rd largest volume Chevy dealer.
Sources: Laval AND Quebec City are “very likely” to be the next two cities in #CanPL. 2020 is the goal. 2021 as a worse case, but both are current front runners. Durham (likely Pickering) has targeted 2021.— Duane Rollins (@24thminute) May 15, 2019 Pickering Club wanted to acquire an MLS franchise https://www.crainsdetroit.com/artic...vsWg6H58xk_kndn6pSnQWE1-hkU5X7iGt7Dw34w4IdCo8 Greek-born Canadian commercial property developer Andreas Apostolopoulos, who bought the Pontiac Silverdome in 2009 and Detroit's historic Penobscot Building last year, wants to build a privately funded 25,000-seat open-air stadium along with a mall, residential space and office towers on the site of the half-built Wayne County jail. His Toronto-based Triple Properties Inc. is among the companies that submitted bids to Wayne County seeking to acquire the five current justice properties and the former Detroit Police Department headquarters at 1300 Beaubien St. Apostolopoulos wants a Major League Soccer expansion franchise, but the league's expansion plans beyond adding a second New York team in 2015 are undetermined. 1128692558652223488 is not a valid tweet id