The Canadian Premier League logo on a game ball ahead of a Canadian Championship match at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton on May 9, 2023.
The Canadian Premier League logo on a game ball ahead of a Canadian Championship match at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton in 2023. After nearly six complete seasons, the Canadian Premier League finds itself at an inflection point.
"We're an aspirational league," said Costa Smyrniotis, the league's executive vice president of soccer. " talent now has the ability to build the foundation within the Canadian Premier League and then be able to aspire to move on throughout the ranks when it comes to world football, right? And that's the special part of what's taking place.
"That's the opportunity that we had in front of us was really to start building the game in Canada. And when I say building the game, I mean, it's also building the football industry, something that we didn't have before, right?" he said. Marvin Ryder, a business professor who specializes in sports at McMaster, agreed that the on-field product is the biggest factor in the league's growth and future success.CPL midfielder Kyle Bekker on whether Forge FC is one of best Canadian sports dynastiesForge FC has won the Canadian Premier League Championship four times in the last five years.
Still, Ryder said his outside view of the CPL is that it has found its place — especially, he noted, as Canada continues to become more culturally diverse. "But it becomes aspirational. We know what happens. It's moments throughout that tournament, maybe moments of players that come through our competition as well, or have come through our network of clubs, that are taking part or on the cusp of doing it."University of Cape Breton's Jason Hartill on how the CPL sharpened his game for U SportsJason Hartill recently played for CPL team York United in the summer.
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