Category: Opinion
I don’t claim to be an expert on building a fan base for a fledgling pro soccer side, but I can see some decent pathways. Try building a community around a local soccer-specific stadium (Halifax can show you how). How about a winning team with a professional culture? Bobby Smyrniotis has built a fan base … Continue reading Opinion: How to Build Success in the CPL – and Then What York Did
I don't know, dear readers, if you are a "good news first", or a "get the bad news out of the way" kind of crowd. So, I'll just guess that you have enough negativity in your lives and jump to the good stuff. The CPL has announced some impressive increases in player compensation. According to … Continue reading Opinion: CPL Announces Pay Hikes, Hooray! But Let Me Be That Guy
I am convinced that we are ready for professional women's soccer in Canada. But barriers keep getting put up in its way. Like everyone in the North American soccer community I am still trying to come to grips with the revelations in the independent report by Sally Q. Yates in the United States. The levels … Continue reading Are We Ready For This? Hurdles To Women’s Professional Soccer In Canada
With the strike of Tristan Blackmon‘s right foot, the Vancouver Whitecaps won the 2022 Voyageurs Cup, and thus, brought the curtain down on a very entertaining Canadian Championship. From HFX playing in Guelph, to a dog fight between Cavalry and Vancouver, the competition this year had plenty of great moments. Going into 2023, the Canadian … Continue reading How to Make the Canadian Championship Better
When it comes to the traditional major leagues in North America, Canada often finds itself underrepresented. With the exception of the National Hockey League, Canada has just a combined five teams in the MLB, NBA, MLS and NFL, with Toronto making up three of those teams and no Canadian team in the NFL. While we … Continue reading Adding a Canadian Team to Each Major North American League
With Sunderland A.F.C. set to make a tour across Canada this summer with their U23 squad, Canadians in unusual cities get to see a glimpse of one of the biggest teams in English soccer history. Sunderland U23 will be heading to cities with no professional teams, which is leading people to speculate that this can … Continue reading 5 European Teams That Could Invest in the CPL
What a Canada Day weekend it was in the Canadian Football League. After years of searching for the next Canadian who could be a star quarterback, 2022 provided a glimpse at what could be the future of Canadians in the league, with Nathan Rourke pressing on with the BC Lions, and Tre Ford getting (and … Continue reading Opinion: Tre Ford Was Good, But Still Needs Time
The MLS Next Pro is a league that creates a great pathway for CPL players to make the jump to the MLS. Some MLS sides may be hesitant to bring a player from the CPL with it being a fresh league that is growing season by season, leaving the talent level in the league a … Continue reading 10 CPL Players That Can Go to MLS Next Pro
There are already a handful of interesting storylines bubbling up around the Canadian Football League, with perhaps none of them being more interesting than what is going on with the Montreal Alouettes' quarterback room. Vernon Adams Jr. started in both week one and two for the Alouettes, but was replaced by Trevor Harris in the … Continue reading Opinion: Could the Elks Swing a Trade for Vernon Adams Jr.?
If the COVID-19 pandemic offered junior hockey fans anything, it was a brief two-year reprieve from the constant chatter of changing the format of the Memorial Cup, where fans search for ways to remove the host team from the competition after every win. Since 1983, the Memorial Cup tournament has been comprised of the winners … Continue reading No, the Memorial Cup Formant Doesn’t Need to Be Changed
