Canadian women’s national team manager Bev Priestman met with the media after training on Thursday, and she gave her thoughts on the upcoming two-game friendly series against Australia where Canada will say goodbye to iconic all-time leading scorer Christine Sinclair, as well as legends Sophie Schmidt and Erin McLeod. Here’s some of what Priestman had to say: On the overall vibe surrounding the squad right now: “It's actually felt really light, but there's obviously clear emotion there … I'm putting myself in Sophie and Christine’s shoes and you almost don't know what to expect … BC place, it ..read more

Valour FC's offseason rebuilding efforts were given a big boost on Thursday as they announced the signing of Canadian forward Shaan Hundal. The 24-year-old spent this past season with Canadian Premier League expansion side Vancouver FC, appearing in all 28 matches and scoring six goals, which was tied for the team lead. Hundal also made history, scoring Vancouver FC's inaugural goal on April 22, as well as their first-ever goal at home on May 7. “Shaan is a proven goal scorer,” said Valour Head Coach & General Manager Phil Dos Santos in a press release. “We can’t wait to see him translate ..read more

The final international match of Christine Sinclair's legendary career with the Canadian women's national team will earn widespread coverage across Canada, after an announcement on Thursday that the match will be broadcast on both TSN and OneSoccer. With the help of Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the deal to broadcast Canada's match against Australia on Dec. 5 was made possible with the generous support of corporate partners CIBC and Visa. The international friendly match, kicking off at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET at Vancouver's BC Place -- to be renamed "Christine Sinclair Place" for the evening ..read more

Canada vs. Australia — Women’s International Friendly December 1, 2023, at 7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET Starlight Stadium in Langford, British Columbia Watch Live: OneSoccer The December international window is the end of a chapter for the Canadian women's national team. A pair of friendlies against Australia will close out their 2023 schedule, but more notably will bring to a close the international career of Canada's greatest-ever footballer, Christine Sinclair. The Burnaby, British Columbia native will bow out in her home province, starting with Friday's match at Starlight Stadium in Langfor ..read more

A historic day for the Canadian Premier League, province of British Columbia, and city of Vancouver, on this week’s CPL Rewind, the clocks are turned back to May 7 of this past season. Vancouver FC’s inaugural game is one that could have gone wrong in many ways, from issues with a brand-new stadium to difficulty on the pitch as a brand-new team. Fortunately, the eighth CPL club’s first game at home experienced neither. The club was already four games deep into their first campaign before their home opener where they welcomed stiff competition from one province over, Cavalry FC. With over six ..read more

It's the kind of scenario that usually only exists in the hypothetical. Find a soccer discussion at any pub, and it won't take too long before the topic of what it would look like if the top player, or coach, from one league moved to another, and whether their success would translate, comes up. This past season, Canadian Premier League fans got to see that typically theoretical situation actually play out on the pitch. On Nov. 30, 2022 the Halifax Wanderers announced 2022 League1 Ontario Coach of the Year Patrice Gheisar as their new manager. Less than a month later, Halifax confirmed that the ..read more

The Halifax Wanderers announced on Thursday that the club has extended the contract of head coach Patrice Gheisar through the end of the 2025 Canadian Premier League Season.  Gheisar, 48, made an instant impact during his first season at the club, clinching Halifax’s first-ever home playoff match. After finishing in seventh place in 2022, the new-look Wanderers under Gheisar finished 2023 in a tie for second place and set club records for most wins in a season (11), most points (42), most goals scored (39), and fewest goals conceded (32).  After that successful run, Gheisar was named ..read more

On Thursday, 2023 Canadian Premier League regular season winners Cavalry FC announced their end-of-season roster update. Marco Carducci, Ali Musse, Daan Klomp, Eryk Kobza, Bradley Kamdem, Michael Harms, Jesse Daley, Shamit Shome, William Akio, Myer Bevan, Sergio Camargo, Ethan Beckford, and Maël Henry all have guaranteed contracts that will see them with the club for the upcoming 2024 season. “We have a high number of returnees coming back next season, following a terrific 2023 season,” said Tommy Wheeldon Jr., Head Coach and General Manager, Cavalry FC. “This continuity and chemistry wil ..read more

York United FC of the Canadian Premier League officially have new ownership, after an announcement Thursday that Game Plan Sports Group has purchased the club from Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), with the newly-formed group of investors taking immediate control of the club. “York United FC represents an incredibly important market for the CPL. We bought the club believing that the right stewards can make it a model club in our league. In Game Plan Sports Group we have found just that: an experienced, world-class ownership team that is committed to developing York United FC into the thrivi ..read more

In Calgary, they call it the sunrise-sunset program. As the sun sets on the playing careers of members of Cavalry FC, the sun rises on new opportunities to step into roles helping the club off the pitch. For some that transition has been gradually planned for a few seasons, while for others opportunity came after they hung up the boots. But after five seasons in the Canadian Premier League, the club's coaching staff and front office is full of former players. "We have a bunch of players who have done just that, the sun set on their football career and then the sun rose on some other [careers ..read more