The Canadian Premier League is still in its infancy stages after starting to play for the 2019 season. It started with seven teams, and with a ninth team being added next season, they have seen steady growth having expanded to eight for the past three seasons. Those eight teams have put their mark on the … Continue reading Ranking the CPL Logos
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Canadian Premier League Award Winners
The Canadian Premier League had its awards show tonight, where the winners of the six awards were announced. The awards up for grabs are the Best Canadian Under-21 Player, Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year, Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Golden Boot, and Players’ Player of the Year. Three players/coaches … Continue reading Canadian Premier League Award Winners
CPL Award Nominees
The end of the season is upon us, with one more game to play, the CPL awards season is here and with it comes six awards to give out. Including Players’ Player of the Year which is new for this season. The awards are as follows: Best Canadian Under-21 Player Goalkeeper of the Year Defender … Continue reading CPL Award Nominees
Pressure Squarely on Atlético Ottawa in Second Leg
How things have changed for the soccer community in the nation's capital. Atlético Ottawa is in the midst of their first post-season campaign, and after never finishing higher than seventh in the CPL table, they suddenly look likely to play for a championship. The regular season champions ventured to Victoria for the first leg in … Continue reading Pressure Squarely on Atlético Ottawa in Second Leg
A Deep Dive Into CPL Attendance
The 2022 Canadian Premier League was the first “real” season that the league had with 8 teams, and the first full season since Covid-19 started in 2020. Since then we have had the Island Games in 2020 where no one was in attendance and a half bubble/half-regular season for 2021, where some fans stayed away … Continue reading A Deep Dive Into CPL Attendance
The Stadiums of the CPL: Ranked by a Guy Who Has Been There and Done That
I know usually rankings are quickly prefaced with an introduction, maybe some qualifying remarks about how the rankings are tallied, etc. However, I am a little weird, so I am going to do mine a little weirder. I will drop a category. Write a few sentences about how the main winners and losers stack up … Continue reading The Stadiums of the CPL: Ranked by a Guy Who Has Been There and Done That
Forge vs Pacific: Nothing to See Here
Selling your best player mid-way through the season is a bad idea. I think every fan on the West Coast is aware of this. The way the players on the pitch reacted to what looked, at first, like a Jordan Brown goal says it all. Please…Let us have found a partial replacement. But no, it … Continue reading Forge vs Pacific: Nothing to See Here
And Just Like That, The CPL Playoff Race Is Wide Open
On August 21st, Valour were held to a 1-1 draw at home to bottom of the table FC Edmonton, leaving their playoff hopes on a knife edge. It was the third time in as many games against the Eddies that they had dropped points to the leagues eighth best team (in an eight team league) … Continue reading And Just Like That, The CPL Playoff Race Is Wide Open
CPL Three Quarter-Season Power Ranking
We’re officially on the business end. The season is seventy-five percent complete, and the race for playoffs and seeding is only heating up! A lot can happen in seven games, and we’ve seen teams form dramatically collapse, off-the-field moves shaking things up, and teams who are more than happy to play spoiler. So as we … Continue reading CPL Three Quarter-Season Power Ranking
3 Winners and 3 Losers 20 Weeks Into the CPL Season
With less than ten games to go, we’re officially at the business end of the season. Teams are becoming officially eliminated, teams will soon be securing playoff spots and at the same time fine-tuning their squads ahead of the playoffs. As we head into this final stretch, let’s take a look at the winners and … Continue reading 3 Winners and 3 Losers 20 Weeks Into the CPL Season