Pacific FC, Valour FC prepare for CPL season in contentious 'friendly' https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/pacific-fc-valour-fc-prepare-for-cpl-season-in-contentious-friendly-6744751
All the audio from the post game press conference of the CPL game of Sun Apr 16/23 between York United FC and Valour FC. MF Raphael Ohin and HC Phil Dos Santos from Valour and HC Martin Nash and GK Niko Giantsopoulos http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york033.htm
At last, over 45 minutes of post game audio from the Apr 19/23 Cdn Chmp Preliminary round press conferences of York United FC and Vancouver FC. Callum Irving and Afshin Ghotbi and Paris Gee and Martin Nash. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york040.htm
Finally, all 29 minutes of audio from the post game press conferences of the Apr 19/23 Cdn Chmp game between HFX Wanderers FC and Atletico Ottawa held in Toronto. Carlos Gonzalez, Maxim Tissot, and 2 ex Vaughan Azzurri, Massimo Ferrin, and Patrice Gheisar http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york041.htm
All the audio from the post game press conferences of the Apr 22nd/2023 CPL game between York United FC and Vancouver FC. Over 57 minutes! Martin Nash and Max Ferrari and Van's Afshin Ghotbi, Shaan Hundal, and Gael Sandoval. www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york045.htm
Canadian Soccer Business has purchased ownership of York United. https://canpl.ca/article/york-united-ownership-update-announced
All the audio from the post game press conference of the May 5/23 CPL game between York United FC and Forge FC . 44 minutes with Bobby Smyrniotis and Terran Campbell and Martin Nash and Elijah Adekugbe. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york057.htm
All the audio from the post game press conference 51 minutes! of the Canadian Championship QF between York United FC and Vancouver Whitecaps played May 10/23. Austin Ricci and Martin Nash and Vanni Sartini and Simon Becher. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york061.htm
Vermont Green FC This Wednesday, May 31st we'll take on Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec - Ligue1 Québec club Club de soccer Mont-Royal Outremont in our first ever International Friendly! Get your tickets: tickets.vermontgreenfc.com
All the post game audio (about 30 minutes) from the May 28, 2023 CPL press conference after the York United FC (Martin Nash, Tass Mourdoukoutas) vs Cavalry FC (Tommy Wheeldon Jr, Marco Carducci '100 games') game. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york082.htm
All the audio from the Fri June 9/23 CPL game between York United FC and Atletico Ottawa . Wow 28 minutes with Karl Ouimette and Carlos Gonzalez and Martin Nash and Paris Gee http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york095.htm
All the audio from the post game press conference of the CPL game between York United FC and HFX Wanderers FC played Wed June 21/2023. Martin Nash and Kevin Santos and Patrice Gheisar and Aidan Daniels. over 29 minutes! http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york106.htm
All the audio from the post game press conference of Sun July 9/23 CPL game between York United FC and Forge FC played at York Lions Stadium. Wow 32 minutes of Terran Campbell, Bobby Smyrniotis, Martin Nash and Paris Gee answering questions. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york119.htm
All the audio of the Fri July 14/23 press conference after the Canadian Premier League game between York United FC and Pacific FC played at York Lions Stadium. Wow 36+ minutes of James Merriman, Manny Aparicio, Martin Nash, and Max Ferrari. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york124.htm
CSB and they aren't operating at the same scale as MLS. If we don't compare the 2 leagues, it becomes easier to see how it's done.
All the audio from the Sun July 30/23 post game press conference after the York United FC vs HFX Wanderers FC CPL league game. Wow! 40 minutes of Joao Morelli, Patrice Gheisar, Elijah Adekugbe, and Martin Nash answering questions. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york140.htm
All 41 minutes of audio from the Fri Aug 25/23 postgame press conference for the CPL game between York United FC and Vancouver FC. Rocco Romeo and Afshin Ghotbi and Tass Mourdoukoutas and Martin Nash. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports23/23york160.htm
I was gobsmacked when I worked out that Halifax is closer to Manchester UK than Victoria BC. How is this thing supposed to work long-term on average attendances of 3,782?
------------- Agreed. Need more teams in each half of country. What are peoples thoughts if the 3 MLS Canadian teams were to join CPL, does that make the league, attendances etc better?
I'm saying this as an outsider but I think Montreal would be OK as they were reasonably successful in USL. I think Toronto likes to think of itself as a big city with New York, Chicago and L.A. so I don't think their fans would react well. If the Whitecaps joined then wouldn't that put Vancouver FC out of picture for no net gain? How about this, with teams playing each other 4 times plus some inter-league play? West Pacific, Vancouver FC (Langley), Cavalry, Valour, ADD 2 of Regina, Edmonton or Saskatoon East Ottawa, York, Forge, Halifax, York ADD Quebec If you can get to 18 you could have 3 conferences.
It would definitely improve the league and attendances. CPL games are only averaging 3k-6k per game. Adding the three MLS clubs would be a huge boost on pretty much every level. The problem is, it would screw over the three MLS teams and Canadian soccer as a whole. If you look at the Canadian YNT, pretty much all of the domestic players come from TFC’s, Montreal’s, and Vancouver’s academies. Remove those clubs from MLS and their revenue will tank and, after slashing the first team’s payroll, the academies will be the next on the chopping block.
The Whitecaps FO has messed things up so badly that there are more than enough former Whitecaps fans to support Vancouver FC. Heck, rebrand to remove the Vancouver name and make it Surrey/Langley specific and it’d be just fine.
Vancouver FC's attendances seem to be hovering in the low to mid 2,000s. They got 6,177 for their opener. Since then they've had one attendance over 3,000.
Welcome to CPL? Low 2k is second worse in the league, for sure, but CPL attendance is pretty dismal for an alleged D1 league. If the 3 MLS clubs are forced into CPL, that immediately eliminates the competition and puts the CPL teams on par with the former MLS clubs.. *shrug* Having a cross town rival could be beneficial.. Another thing to consider is that within the next decade or so, Surrey will be the largest city in BC. At some point they are going to want to act like a major city instead of a Vancouver suburb. So they may be interested in actually building a stadium for Vancouver FC and calling it Surrey FC.