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Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
The Canada Soccer National Development Centre and Canada Soccer EXCEL programs are full-time women's soccer development programs run by the Canadian Soccer Association in partnership with the various provincial associations to develop Canadian women's soccer players as part of the Canadian women's soccer pathway. There are three National Development Centres in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia and Regional EXCEL programs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The four National Development Centres enter teams in each of the four regions of Canada's tier 3 League1 Canada leagues: League1 Ontario (women), League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, Ligue1 Québec (women), Ligue1 Québec, and League1 Alberta. Alberta Calgary Wild FC U21 (formerly ASA High Performance) is a Canadian soccer team that plays in League1 Alberta. In November 2023, it was announced that Canada Soccer and the Alberta Soccer Association would open a national development c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League1 Ontario (women)
League1 Ontario (L1O or L1ON) is a semi-professional women's association football, soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. League1 Ontario is a part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional divisions, with L1O equivalents in League1 Alberta, Alberta, League1 British Columbia, British Columbia, and Ligue1 Québec, Quebec. The women's division launched in 2015 with seven clubs and has grown to twenty clubs for the 2022 season. Beginning in 2024, the league will become a three-tier league featuring promotion and relegation. History League1 Ontario was founded as a men's semi-professional league on November 15, 2013, in an announcement by the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA). In January 2015, L1O announced the launch of a women's division. Initially, six teams (ANB Futbol, Pickering FC, Durham United FC, North Mississauga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, 2009, and began play in 2011 as the 17th team to enter Major League Soccer while replacing the USSF Division 2 Professional League, USSF Division 2 Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010), team of the same name in the city, making them a Phoenix club (association football), phoenix club and the third to carry the History of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Whitecaps name. The club has been owned and managed by the same group since their USSF days. In the 2012 season, the team became the first Canadian team to qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs. The Whitecaps have won four Canadian Championships, in 2015 Canadian Championship, 2015, 2022 Canadian Championship, 2022, 2023 Canadian Championship, 2023 and 2024 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF W Champions Cup
The CONCACAF W Champions Cup is an annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF that determines the club champion for the region encompassing North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It is comparable to Champions League competitions on other continents. Involved are the top women's clubs from the region, and serves as the qualification tournament for the future FIFA Women's Club World Cup and FIFA Women's Champions Cup. It is the women's counterpart of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. History On 12 March 2024, CONCACAF announced the competition, which began in August 2024. The inaugural tournament was contested by clubs from seven nations: Canada, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. It is scheduled to end with a knockout stage in May 2025. The second edition of the competition is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2025. Competition format The tournament consists of three stages. A preliminary rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 League1 Canada Season
The 2024 League1 Canada season is the third edition of League1 Canada, the 3rd division soccer in Canada. It includes league competitions from its four member leagues, and an inter-provincial championship for select teams from the women's divisions. The 2024 League1 Canada season is the first to include the men's and women's divisions of League1 Alberta. Men's competitions Provincial leagues Women's competitions Provincial leagues Inter-Provincial Championship The 2024 Women's Inter-Provincial Championship was held on August 9 and 11 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. The winner qualified for the 2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup. Details Bracket References {{2024 in Canadian soccer 2024 League1 Canada season, League1 Canada seasons, 2024 2024 in Canadian soccer leagues, League1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 League1 Canada Season
The 2023 League1 Canada season is the second edition of League1 Canada, the 3rd division soccer in Canada. It includes league competitions from its three member leagues, and an inter-provincial championship for select teams from the women's divisions. Men's competitions Provincial leagues Provincial playoffs British Columbia and Ontario use a post-season playoff competition to determine a regional league champion. Quebec however does not have a playoff competition and uses the regular season standings to determine their league champion. League1 BC League1 Ontario Provincial league cups Coupe L1QC 2024 Canadian Championship qualification In the men's divisions, Victoria Highlanders FC (L1BC), Simcoe County Rovers FC (L1O), and CS Saint-Laurent (L1Q) qualified for the 2024 Canadian Championship as the sole representatives from their respective leagues. However, the Highlanders withdrew prior to the start of the competition; the club was replaced by TSS FC Rovers. Women's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup is an international association football competition organised by FIFA. History Founded by FC Blue Stars, Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup is an international youth club football tournament. The Zürich based club were one of the first to have a separate youth section. This youth section expanded to include a tournament involving the best youth teams in the world. Recognising its importance to youth football, FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ... took over the tournament in 1991. The women's tournament started in 2018. Young Boys women team won the first edition. Games are played in two 20-minute halves (25 for the final), only players between 18 and 20 years may participate. However, each team may have up to five players under the age of 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 League1 British Columbia Season
The 2023 League1 British Columbia season was the second season of play for League1 British Columbia, a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. Eight clubs participated in both the men's and women's divisions. Format The regular season was contested by eight clubs and ran from April 29 to July 23, 2023. Each team played 14 games in a double Round-robin tournament, round-robin format with seven games at home and seven on the road. The top four teams advanced to the playoffs with the Championship Final held on the Civic Holiday#British Columbia, BC Day long weekend. The men's and women's divisions used identical schedules with the two matches being played as double-headers on the same day. Men's division The teams played each other team twice (home and away) for a 14-game season, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs. The winner of the regular season will qualify for the 2024 Canadian Championship. League table Playoffs Semi-finals Final Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 League1 British Columbia Season
The 2022 League1 British Columbia season was the inaugural season of play for League1 British Columbia, a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. The league is the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of British Columbia except for fully professional clubs in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. Seven clubs participated in the 2022 season in both the men's and women's divisions. TSS FC Rovers defeated Varsity FC in the final to win the inaugural men's title and qualify for the 2023 Canadian Championship, while the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy also defeated Varsity in the final to win the inaugural women's title. Varsity FC represented the league at the Women's Interprovincial Championship, finishing in fourth place. Varsity FC captured the Juan de Fuca Plate as the combined table leaders across the men's and women's divisions. Format The regular season was contested by seven clubs and ran from May 22 to July 24, 2022. Each t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Rise FC
Vancouver Rise FC is a professional women's soccer club based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that competes in the Northern Super League, in the top flight of the Canadian soccer league system#Women, Canadian soccer league system. Majority-owned by Vancouver Whitecaps FC co-owner Greg Kerfoot, the club is led by Sinead King, and managed by Stephanie Labbé. Its colours are teal, black, and Gold (color), gold, while its Club crest, crest depicts the North Shore Mountains. Its Home (sports), home games will be played at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Alongside the Calgary Wild FC, Calgary Wild, the Rise were one of the first two clubs to join the Northern Super League, and are a spiritual successor to the Whitecaps' Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women), former women's team. The club was co-developed with the league itself, in an effort to retain female players from the Whitecaps' Whitecaps FC Academy#Women's, academy team, and provide equity between the organization's men's and women's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of Canada, Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the Canadian Premier League Finals, CPL Finals. The CPL champion and regular season winner earn berths in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, competing against teams from across North America, Central America and the Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup. All CPL teams also play in the Canadian Championship, alongside Canadian clubs from other leagues. Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship. The league was officially sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association on May 6, 2017, and has played an annual season since 2019. The league's focus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Inter-Provincial Championship
The Women's Inter-Provincial Championship is an annual soccer tournament organized by League1 Canada. Established in 2022, it is contested by the champions of each of the League1 Canada member leagues. The winner is considered to be the national champion and has qualified to the CONCACAF W Champions Cup since 2023. Format The Inter-Provincial Championship is a four-team knockout tournament played in August, immediately following the regular season. It is played over a single weekend with the semifinals held on Friday and the finals and third-place match on Sunday. The host of the tournament rotates between the member leagues. The winners of each member league (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...) qualify for the tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
The 2023 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup was the 83rd edition of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, an association football tournament organized by FIFA for clubs featuring players under the age of 21. It was held on 17 May and on Ascension Thursday, 18 May 2023. Participants were announced on 4 April 2023. The schedule was published on 13 April 2023. FC Zurich and Vancouver Whitecaps claimed the men's and women's titles respectively at the final on 18 May. Participating teams Eight men and women's teams are split into two groups of four each. Reigning champions FC Basel (men) and FC Zürich (women) return to defend their titles. Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ... are participating for the first time, while Génération Foot is the first ever African team to join t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
