Clanachan on what's next for the #CanPL: "We've got a couple more teams to release identities on, and then we're going to start announcing coaches and talk about players and rounding out teams this summer."— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 14, 2018 Clanachan also confirmed that Hamilton will be the next #CanPL team revealed in the second week of July. Branding is currently underway.Listen to his full comments on @TSN1150 ➡️ https://t.co/UZTO0csjnK— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 14, 2018
I am glad most CPL teams are not rocking with BORING names like CITY FC or CITY UNITED. Hamilton Bengals FC has a nice ring to it.
A very complete Q & A with Paul Beirne “It’s the opportunity to create a legacy. We say this all the time: this isn’t a five-year plan, we’re building something for the next 100 years."Q&A with @CPLsoccer President, @Paulbeirne.📝 | https://t.co/EOVC5GO3pL pic.twitter.com/57SjLx0CRR— Valour FC (@ValourFootball) June 19, 2018 Covering stadiums, level of play, players, contracts, TV etc... http://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/qa-with-paul-beirne
Paul Beirne on salaries: "The group of owners will establish a set of rules and standards and the league will enforce those. But it won’t be the league, for example, that signs a player to play in Winnipeg, it will be Winnipeg who signs the player." #CanPL— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 19, 2018
An agreement has been made for the team to have 5,500 seats in the first season, and then increase to 8,000 – 9,000 once the pole is removed at Westhills Stadium. League officials have visited the area and filmed promotional footage. #CanPL— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 20, 2018 The full story from @GoldstreamNews including quotes from Langford Mayor Stew Young ⬇️ #CanPLhttps://t.co/WgCO58WIG8— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 20, 2018
Halftime in LavalASB 0:1 OFFC (Tony Taylor 1')#CanChamp https://t.co/DlwIdk1SHX— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) June 21, 2018 Those who kept claiming that CPL would be below or at level with USL better reconsider that statement. AS Blainville, the Quebec Champion of a D3 Canadian league are giving them a tough time despite being down 1-0. Blainville is far from being way in over their heads. Canadian D3 soccer from Quebec and Ontario is massively being underestimated. Without a doubt that CPL will be way above USL in quality. It was always projected to be between NASL and MLS at launch
I've been trying without success to find an actual box score for the game to see which players Ottawa played. Did they play their first team for the opening leg? Or were they like TFC last year who played an entire backup roster for the opening leg in Ottawa? That would make a difference to how much weight to put on the 1-0 result.
Starting line-ups for @ASBlainville and @OttawaFuryFC #CanChamp Watch the match at https://t.co/dS0qAnXc8R pic.twitter.com/WiL1GepFeG— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) June 20, 2018 Looks like first team to me
just like the quote from my own article: June 23, 2018 League 1 Ontario Quarterfinal match Pro Stars FC 0 Toronto FC III 3 my game report at: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports18/18l1o117.htm Dichio said he wants the players that played with TFCA to keep their love for the game and continue to play. He said he'd love them to play in the new Canadian Premier League and help the Canadian National team. Wow! Is he ever a contrast to TFC President Bill Manning and his feelings comparing CanPrem in Toronto to competing pizza restaurants.
Rob Friend on what led the British Columbia team to move from Frase Valley to Vancouver Island Friend recently sat down with @aftncanada for a very detailed discussion about the #CanPL in British Columbia! Listen to the whole conversation below (starting around the hour mark) ⬇️https://t.co/R5IF0hPovK— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 25, 2018 Rob Friend on the Vancouver Island team: "We explored stadium options in Langley and Surrey. We were willing to put up a lot of our own investment to essentially build our own stadium... Unfortunately, it became too complex for these cities to approve." #CanPL— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 25, 2018 Friend: “Once it came to realisation that we couldn’t get a deal done in Fraser Valley, the City of Langford stepped up and offered a fantastic opportunity. So we [Friend and Josh Simpson] came together and said let’s work together to make a successful franchise for 2019.” #CanPL— The CanPL Hub (@thecanplhub) June 25, 2018 The league maintains that a CPL team will be on the mainland in the near future
Metro Vancouver news Credit to a fellow Voyageurs Latest AFTN podcast with Rob Friend has further info on a CPL Metro Vancouver club coming about : "We've worked a year and a half on the Fraser Valley and we're not just going to walk away and let it die" "CPL wants a team in the lower mainland (Metro Vancouver)." "Plenty of talks going on in the lower mainland". - Langley and Surrey are main identified areas of interest and far enough removed from Vancouver Whitecaps territory. http://aftn.ca/episode-278-the-aftn-soccer-show/
Yank here. Fascinating stuff. Hope for all the best because a strong Canadian team and league will really help concacaf. What regions in Quebec would be suitable for a team besides Quebec City?
Outside of Quebec City, Montreal Metropolitain area would be a clear choice. Montreal is big enough for more than one top Tier team. The Montreal Impact aren't located in the most populated area of the city. While Downtown would be fantastic, north of the mountain near Cotes-Des-Neiges on Montreal University grounds would be more than desirable The league is also very interested in Sherbrooke market. This league will greatly help Canada soccer and add more depth to the pool. As you pointed out, all of this only helps CONCACAF
Depends what you believe is necessary to support a team with the budget proposed for the CPL and whether you think it is worth competing for a market with an MLS team. I say Quebec City is the only market this league should look at in Quebec. (Maybe not forever but certainly until the league is well established.) At the other end of the spectrum are people who say any market with a population over 200 000 is fine. In this case you could have teams in Montreal (competing with the Impact), Quebec City, Gatineau (the Quebec side of the Ottawa region), and Sherbrooke.
I'm not entirely sure that a CPL team in a market with an MLS team is necessarily competing. Sometimes increased supply can create its own demand.
Exactly. And it's also a given CPL and MLS wont be playing at the same time. As a "North Yorker", having a team in North York would be incredible. BMO field is far for me. Same for Montreal where a downtown or north side team would be surrounded by more population than Impact currently are. There's just enough people for both team and I applaud the league to pointing that out. Lots of fans would be looking at both teams anyways. For better, it forces our MLS teams to adjust and change which is good for everyone. CPL will go heavy on local content and that might force the MLS team to do the same. I'm still going to follow MLS teams in CCL and playoffs but I'll go live to CPL... just closer to me
Winnipeg Valour FC Rob Gale General Manager & Head coach Former U18 & U20 coach for Canada "I can’t speak highly of (Manitoba) enough and that’s something I’m going infuse with my players. I take great pride in that because we are in a great privilege.”Meet Valour FC's head coach and general manager, Rob Gale. #ForValour📝 | https://t.co/HJY3JnfSUI pic.twitter.com/CslrpQ3Xvq— Valour FC (@ValourFootball) June 26, 2018 .@galey77 named club's inaugural Head Coach & General Manager.#ForValour📝 | https://t.co/iED6F4dla7 pic.twitter.com/30swmJoIRF— Valour FC (@ValourFootball) June 26, 2018
What are people's thoughts of success for each club? I'll comment on the cities I'm familiar with. I was a season ticket holder for FC Edmonton. I loved going to games. However, I'm not sure how suddenly they're going to attract 5000 fans per game. Their stadium situation is still not ideal and many in the city think the Eddies are beneath them. I grew up in Halifax. I think they have the perfect stadium plan and location. The equivalent of MLS and their mantra of "downtown soccer specific stadiums". I was pessimistic before I learned more about the club, but now, I think they have a great chance of being a success and attracting lots of fans. I currently live in Manitoba. I don't like Valour's plan to play at IG field. It's a 33,000 seat stadium. I don't understand how there's going to be any atmosphere. I'm a bit pessimistic about Winnipeg but not as pessimistic as I am about Edmonton.
I have heard Sherbrooke scuttlebutt too. I think it would be the stretching point of size though. I know about York9 and potential Peel Region team in Toronto and Fraser Valley team for Vancouver. What are some of the major subregions in the Montreal area that have enough of a population base and distinct identity to support a team?
From Montreal the major subregions are: North Shore (Laval with Laurentides and Lanaudiere) close to 1 million South Shore (Longueuil but the region stretches to Chambly, Chateauguay, Vercheres) West island (Lachine, Dorval, Pointe Claire, DDO, Roxboro) East End (Montreal East, Riviere des Prairies, Pointe aux Trambles, St-Leonard, Anjou,) Hope this helps.
@Impactsupporter answer is good. I'm just adding the vision of CPL for the long term. They want to occupy the top 3 tiers and they don't believe that 1 large metro area should only get 1 team and they don't believe in "territorial rights" like most American leagues do. Paul Beirne said that the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) could support 10 clubs across divisions like most big European areas currently do. We are more like them than the US who have so many big areas. Montreal Metropolitain fits that too. CPL seems 200k the minimum to support a CPL club. The bigger the population area, the more clubs it can support. That's how I see Montreal Metro CPL Tier 1 Montreal - Université de Montreal Cotes-des-neiges, NDG=166k Montreal Nord=84k Outremont=25k St-Laurent=100k Villeray-St Michel-Parc Extension=145k Ahuntsic-Cartierville=134k Anjou=45k Cote St-Luc=34k Mont-Royal=20k Hampstead=7k Montreal-Ouest=5k Total of nearby population excluding Laval, Rosemont-Petite Patrie and Plateau Mont-Royal ~765k living nearby or close to the blue and north parts of the orange Metro lines. Montreal Impact is located on the eastern side of Montreal on the green line. Calculating the nearby boroughs and areas near the green line, you get a similar figure Montreal is big enough for 2 top tier teams CPL II Montreal West Island ~300k (mainly anglophone) Laval (also an Island...Ile-Jesus) ~422k Longueuil-Agglomeration (Longueuil, Brossard, St-Bruno-Montarville, Boucherville, St-Lambert) ~420k *Longueuil and Laval being link by the metro makes for easy derbies. Soon the West Island will also be linked to the main network CPL III Existing PLSQ Clubs