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    Courtesy of the Northern Tribune: https://northerntribune.ca/valour-fc-daryl-fordyce-retire/ Excerpts of the following post from the Northern Tribune by John Jacques on January 21, 2022, https://northerntribune.ca/valour-fc-daryl-fordyce-retire/ are courtesy of the Northern Tribune. Valour FC Captain Daryl Fordyce has announced his retirement following a career on the pitch that has spanned some eighteen years, though his next career steps will see him remain at IG Field. The 36-year-old from Northern Ireland made 59 appearances for Valour FC across all competitions. He arrived to Winnipeg...

    Courtesy of NAIT Ooks Athletics: https://www.naitooks.com/general/2022-23/releases/20230111kzlewo Dhee Govender has been named the Head Coach of the NAIT Ooks women's soccer/futsal team after former Head Coach Alesha Weicker-Pasternak stepped down in late 2022. Weicker-Pasternak had a great season with the Ooks leading them to the ACAC Championship, where they placed fourth. The NAIT Athletics Department would like to thank Alesha Weicker-Pasternak for all the work she did for the NAIT Ooks women's soccer program this past season, there will...

    Photo Credit Courtesy of the Northern Tribune: https://northerntribune.ca/vancouver-fc-club-staff-2023 Parts of the following post are from the story by John Jacques in the Northern Tribune from January 4, 2023, https://northerntribune.ca/vancouver-fc-club-staff-2023/. Vancouver FC fans already know that Afshin Ghotbi will be marching into the club’s inaugural season with Niall Thompson at his side and Mark Village as goalkeeper coach, with two new recent additions from the lower mainland recently surfacing. The expansion club looks to have recruited Surrey’s own Jeevin Kang as the club’s Manager of...

    Courtesy of CANPL.ca: https://canpl.ca/article/patrice-gheisar-named-halifax-wanderers-head-coach So it's time for a new era in Halifax with the HFX Wanderers. After the parting of ways between the Wanderers and Stephen Hart, Sporting Director Matt Fegan had stated that their timeline was to have a new head coach in place by the end of November and he has delivered as promised. Enter new HFX Wanderers' Head Coach Patrice Gheisar, Coach Gheisar will be brining his style and culture building ways to the Wanderers,...

    By Postcoach.ca Staff Courtesy of the HFX Wanderers: https://hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca/article/wanderers-q-and-a-with-sporting-director-matt-fegan The Canadian Premier League appears to be alive and well going into year five with all of the things that they have had to deal with when starting a league from scratch.  Okay, so we've lost Edmonton for now, but with Vancouver coming in and all of the mechanizations and moving parts that come with building a national league from scratch in a country as vast as Canada, that still...

    Courtesy of CANPL.ca: https://canpl.ca/article/atletico-ottawas-carlos-gonzalez-named-2022-cpl-coach-of-the-year Excerpts of the following post from Friday October 28, 2022 are courtesy of CANPL.ca https://canpl.ca/article/atletico-ottawas-carlos-gonzalez-named-2022-cpl-coach-of-the-year. The Canadian Premier League announced on Friday that Carlos González of Atlético Ottawa has been named the 2022 Coach of the Year. González excelled in his first year at the helm of Atlético Ottawa, having taken over in February 2022. He assumed control of a club that had finished last place in the CPL the year prior, and led them on...

    Photo Credit Courtesy of The Northern Tribune: https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-coach-of-the-year-2022/ Excerpts of this story by John Jacques in the Northern Tribune https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-coach-of-the-year-2022/ from October 19, 2022. The Canadian Premier League has unveiled its shortlist of coach of the year candidates which, for the first time, has been selected by a panel of the league’s own coaches and assistant coaches rather than media. Without further ado, here’s all three coaches who are up the top three in the bidding: Photo Credit: John Jacques Atletico Ottawa...

    Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan/HFX Wanderers FC Courtesy of https://canpl.ca/article/hfx-wanderers-part-ways-with-head-coach-stephen-hart Excerpts of the following story from October 13, 2022 on CanPL.ca https://canpl.ca/article/hfx-wanderers-part-ways-with-head-coach-stephen-hart from the CanPL Staff. The Halifax Wanderers have parted ways with head coach Stephen Hart following the conclusion of the 2022 Canadian Premier League season, the club announced on Thursday. “I met with Stephen yesterday and informed him that I felt it was time for new leadership at our football club,” Wanderers Founder and President Derek Martin said. “Stephen handled this...

    Courtesy of CanPL.ca: https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-youth-minutes-2022/ Excerpts of the following story by John Jacques in the Northern Tribune https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-premier-league-youth-minutes-2022/ are from from October 11, 2022. In a surprising statistic, the Canadian Premier League actually handed out less minutes to its own domestic youth athletes this season after the mandatory number of minutes per club went up. This year saw all eight teams in the league combine for 26,671 minutes handed to Canadian U-21 athletes, with York United alone dolling out some 25.9% of that...

    CPL Commissioner and CEO of Canadian Soccer Business Mark Noonan courtesy of https://canpl.ca/article/mark-noonan-named-cpl-commissioner-and-ceo-of-canadian-soccer-business Exerpts of the following article from August 25, 2022 is courtesy of Canpl.ca https://canpl.ca/article/mark-noonan-named-cpl-commissioner-and-ceo-of-canadian-soccer-business. Toronto, ON – (Aug. 25, 2022) – The Canadian Premier League has hired Mark Noonan as Commissioner following a months-long international search. Noonan will officially begin in his new role on Sept. 1, 2022. As previously announced in February 2022, the role will combine both CPL Commissioner and CEO, Canadian Soccer Business. “On behalf of the CPL and...