Any chance that USL Championship applies for D1 status one day? I mean, there's still lots of US cities much larger than European cities/town who have D1 clubs in smaller stadiums. Maybe pro/Rel goes through the USL? That would be fun. The potential (below MLS) is there for all those areas who will never see an MLS franchise. USL always had potential, just not in Canada I thought I've read somewhere that MLS was considering a MLS reserve league...I could be wrong Didn't USL intended to relegate all MLS reserves to USL One? That would be a smart move... then what do you do with the affiliate? CPL has a zero tolerance even for affiliate which made the relationship with Ottawa Fury* difficult from the get go *Rumours now points to Atletico Madrid being the money behind the Ottawa CPL club I think the league might need a "Top 5" like commissioner with a bigger vision. That's why I was puzzled with them not making money on all those guys leaving the league for new clubs. It would be a much different league... Also, US medium markets are big markets in Canada and most of Europe, there's money to be made there if done right. Hope they figure it out, CPL is a good blueprint. The right business model, identity, being different and TV deal. The rebranding was a good start in my opinion
Now safe to confirm as it's being reported by Sportsnet Atletico Madrid will be the money behind the the CPL Ottawa club #CanPL is coming to Ottawa, and a source in Spain tells me the team will be backed by La Liga club Atletico Madrid.— Dan Riccio (@danriccio_) January 16, 2020 As reported by @DanRiccio650, @atletienglish appears to be making a major investment into Canadian soccer as the new owners of Ottawa’s #CanPL team. A further vote of confidence for the young league.— Duane Rollins (@24thminute) January 16, 2020
This loss won't make things any easier. So the B team of a NT that couldn't make it to the Euro beat the #6/#7 team in C-CAF in the USA, when they needed a win desperately. Doesn't speak highly of the region at all. Iceland would make the Hex here, and would be a candidate to win it or finish second. Maybe the Europeans who poke fun at CONCACAF have a point.
This was definitely Canada's B team as well. It's no shock that they have better depth than we do. Also, we played lots of U23.
📰 L’Impact complète le transfert permanent du milieu de terrain formé au club @balloutabla du FC Barcelone >>> https://t.co/qPNh3vEwX8📰 Homegrown midfielder @balloutabla permanently transferred to the Impact from FC Barcelona >>> https://t.co/EFoIqoFj0i#IMFC pic.twitter.com/JHXGaqBbl2— CF Montréal (@cfmontreal) January 15, 2020
Lack of maturity in my opinion. The potential is still there, Drogba was a huge fan of his talent and tried to convince him to commit to Ivory Coast over Canada
2 goals for Jonathan David [#JPL] : Journée 2️⃣2️⃣ :@KAAGent 3-1 @ExcelMouscron ⚽️ 9’ 🇧🇪 Laurent Depoitre ⚽️ 51’ 🇬🇭 Jonah Osabutey⚽️ 75’ 🇨🇦 Jonathan David⚽️ 77’ 🇨🇦 Jonathan David #gntmou pic.twitter.com/E5pyTNGesY— Infos Foot Belgium (@InfosFootBEL) January 18, 2020 🇨🇦 Jonathan David (20) will not slow down. 🔥After 2 more goals v. Mouscron, his stats this season ⤵️✅ 31 games⚽️ 15 goals🅰️ 9 assists🥈 2nd top goalscorer in 🇧🇪 First Division AHas become @KAAGent’s most dangerous player. 🌟And a player that a LOT of teams want. ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/UA5aeZIxWv— Football Wonderkids (@fbwonderkids) January 18, 2020
Canadian Premier League is trying something else to get young internationals into the league The Canadian Premier League is partnering up with @21stClub to recruit young international players who are interested in plying their trade in Canada#CanPL l 📝: @JohnMolinaro https://t.co/Ikyc5wZhBa— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) January 20, 2020 Scout young internationals (age 23 and under) from around the world Create a database of internationals, with the aim of placing players from it with CPL clubs. The database of internationals will be fluid over the course of 2020, as new players will be added and signed to pre-contracts before being made available to all CPL clubs simultaneously. Teams will have to compete with one another over players, and sign them on a first come first serve basis.
@Robert Borden Looks like young Liam's star turn is imminent. Bradley will be out 4 mos rehabbing surgery. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020...ndergo-ankle-surgery-could-be-out-four-months
Yes, about time he gets a real opportunity. TFC has been wasting him until now. Wouldn't put it past them to replace Bradley with a DP or TAM or GAM or ZAM or BAM or RAM...whatever they are coming up with these days
No way. They need a striker (Giovinco replacement). They already have 2 DP's in Pozuelo and Jozy. Toronto's real problem is passing out of the back when Gonzo gets paired with Mavinga and Ciman isn't playing. Take Bradley out and it's more of a problem. Fraser isn't quite consistent enough passing but let's hope he gets there. Maybe he just needs reps.
This looks to be the 1st signing by the CPL of a youth International using their new database. Amazing to witness the league doing things right this early York9 FC is pleased to announced the signing of Gabriel Vasconcelos from #Corinthians. #WelcomeGabriel 🇧🇷#UniteYork🗞: https://t.co/CrXUypHKkd pic.twitter.com/ePZ44HewCG— York United FC (@yorkutdfc) January 21, 2020
@Robert Borden found something that summarizes conundrum pretty well. I'd skip Honduras and go for Jamaica as a second opponent in March window. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020...ld-cup-dreams-alive-hex-math-proves-difficult
Canadian Premier League MVP Tristan Borges just got sold to Belgium for $300k which can go up to $500k Borges transfered to Belgian club, OH Leuven.🗞 | https://t.co/yqvl71S19G#ForgeFC | #CanPL pic.twitter.com/rjtjTFbkan— Forge FC (@ForgeFCHamilton) January 22, 2020 This is huge validation for the CPL and should increase its attractiveness to young Canadian talent aspiring to the National team and playing overseas. It gets only better from here
After some digging, this is the club situation The team is already qualified for promotion playoffs finals having won the fall season Winning the winter season would mean automatic promotion to The top league Qualified for Europa League Playoffs Better finances, stadium, academies and structure than half the existing clubs currently in D1 Same ownership as Leicester City They requested Borges be transferred immediately to help the club promote. He had his 1st training with the club today. Montreal Impact wanted him but the Belgium club was willing to pay more. Larin & David success in the top league has the Belgium league very interested in CPL and Canadian talent 90% of the transfer goes to the club and 10% to the league as they help make the deal happen
According to the Montreal journalist, Ligue 1 Olympique Lyonnais are interested in backing a Quebec-based CPL clubs 👟⚽️ - Selon ce que des gens me disent, l’Atletico Ottawa débuterait son aventure lors de la deuxième portion de la saison 2020. Ils ne joueraient pas le championnat canadien cette année. Par ailleurs, Lyon aurait de l’intérêt pour lancer un projet semblable à Québec.— Jeremy Filosa 🎙 (@JeremyFilosa) January 24, 2020
Jonathan David had 1 assist in a 4-1 over Genk Alphonso Davies had a solid game in a 5-0 win over Schalke 1221159772134821898 is not a valid tweet id Earlier this week Nobody does Alphonso Davies dirty like that and gets away with it 🇨🇦pic.twitter.com/gUT2fkVpzT— GOAL (@goal) January 23, 2020
It's Official We are proud to announce that the city of Ottawa will be joining the Canadian Premier League in 2020 and will be owned by Club Atlético de Madrid.#CanPL l Full Press Release: https://t.co/YikI41IuJ9 pic.twitter.com/FPQ3NexbhK— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) January 29, 2020 🔴 OFFICIAL | @onesoccer has learned that Ottawa will be joining the #CanPL in April 2020 led by @Atleti pic.twitter.com/g3rgfDKHa2— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) January 29, 2020