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Tag: Canadian Premier League

  • Forge FC: Forging A Dynasty

    Forge FC: Forging A Dynasty

    For a completely new competition, the Canadian Premier League has already thrown up some original character – none more so than Forge FC from Hamilton.

  • What’s Happening In Canada?

    What’s Happening In Canada?

    Domestic & International Football & Atiba Hutchinson

  • Canadian Premier League Profiles: Valour FC

    Canadian Premier League Profiles: Valour FC

    Valour FC. Based in the provincial capital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Valour is dripping in identity…Valour by name and Valour by nature.

  • Sweet Maple Syrup – Canada MNT Enter Golden Era

    Sweet Maple Syrup – Canada MNT Enter Golden Era

    With their FIFA ranking at an all-time high of 33rd and a booming domestic league behind them, Canada’s Men’s National Team is entering a true golden era. How far can they go?

  • Interview: CPL Fever

    Interview: CPL Fever

    For those who aren’t aware, Canada is possibly the friendliest, most welcoming and inclusive country on Earth. Across the world, football – or soccer – is followed relentlessly and often aggressively. From partisan crowds and hooliganism to vile abuse, the darker side of the beautiful game is not to be celebrated. But, in Canada, the…

  • Canadian Premier League profiles: HFX Wanderers

    Canadian Premier League profiles: HFX Wanderers

    There is an old saying that goes “build it and they will come”. I think Kevin Costner said it best – or words to that effect – but whether it is a field of dreams or a football club, the theory remains the same. It does not always work that way of course. Sometimes you…

  • Canadian Premier League

    Canadian Premier League

    When you think of football in North America, you immediately think Major League Soccer, with all the media attention it gets and the superstar signings. It contains some big franchise teams that people the world over have heard of – LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Vancouver Whitecaps; the list goes on – and is…

  • Canadian Premier League profiles: FC Edmonton

    Canadian Premier League profiles: FC Edmonton

    Edmonton evolves. The provincial capital city of Alberta, Canada, has developed over the years from its founding in 1795 as a major trading post for the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to the amalgamation and absorption of several neighbouring towns and districts, to its current form as a national and international hub for business, transport, retail…

  • Canadian Premier League profiles: Cavalry FC

    Canadian Premier League profiles: Cavalry FC

    When I think of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, I traditionally think of three things – ice hockey, rodeo & professional wrestling. But now a new aspect has entered the public consciousness and perhaps it has overtaken the likes of the Calgary Flames, the Stampede and the Hart Foundation: Football. In 2019, the Canadian Premier League launched…

  • Canadian Premier League profiles: Atlético Ottawa

    Canadian Premier League profiles: Atlético Ottawa

    Ottawa – the federal capital and political hub of Canada. Sure, other parts of the country get more attention and for their own good reasons. The breathtaking scenery in the west with the Rocky Mountains; the impressive falls of Lake Niagara; the cultural epicentre that is Toronto and others besides. However, if you want quintessential…