Will the games be televised??

[redhat]

from OT's link above:

CBCSports.ca will provide video streaming of four matches, ensuring Canadians can catch the action live and on-demand.

bold will provide coverage of the first match between Toronto and Montreal. In addition, CBC Television will cover the Tuesday, May 27 match between Toronto and Montreal at 12 midnight local. On Wednesday, June 25, viewers can see Montreal at Vancouver, at 11 p.m. ET (Ontario – East; delays West). Toronto will host Vancouver for a live telecast at 3 p.m. ET, on Canada Day, July 1. Rounding out CBC Television's coverage, Montreal will visit Toronto for the final match of the tournament, on Tuesday, July 22, at 12 midnight local.

[Daniel]

This is the lazy Daniel speaking, but can't anybody have provided the schedule in a simple format?

ie:

- TFC @ MTL, May 27th, 7:30pm ET (Live: CBC.ca, Bold; Tape Delay: CBC - 10:30pm)

[jasonm]

CBC today announced a broadcast agreement with Soccer Canada for the broadcast rights to the inaugural Nutrilite Canadian Champions League – the Canadian qualifying tournament for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Champions League.

Three Canadian teams—Toronto FC, Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps—will compete for the right to represent Canada at the new continental club championship—the CONCACAF Champions League. The CONCACAF Champions League winner will then qualify as the CONCACAF representative at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

"We are thrilled to add coverage of the first-ever Canadian Champions League to our soccer lineup," said Scott Moore, executive director, CBC Sports. "Our agreements with FIFA and MLS show that CBC is committed to helping to grow the game in Canada. This will be an exciting tournament with intense competition between Canada's professional teams—bringing it to Canadians is an important part of our commitment."

CBCSports.ca will provide video streaming of four matches, ensuring Canadians can catch the action live and on-demand. bold will provide coverage of the first match between Toronto and Montreal. In addition, CBC Television will cover the Tuesday, May 27 match between Toronto and Montreal at 12 midnight local. On Wednesday, June 25, viewers can see Montreal at Vancouver, at 11 p.m. ET (Ontario – East; delays West). Toronto will host Vancouver for a live telecast at 3 p.m. ET, on Canada Day, July 1. Rounding out CBC Television's coverage, Montreal will visit Toronto for the final match of the tournament, on Tuesday, July 22, at 12 midnight local.

Brenda Irving will host the telecasts while the voice of Toronto FC, play-by-play man Nigel Reed will call the games. Former Montreal Impact defender, and current captain of Ipswich Town FC, Jason De Vos will provide analysis for the tournament.

[strobe_z]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2008/05/23/cbc-nurtilite-soccer.html

CBC announced on Friday that it will broadcast the inaugural Nutrilite Canadian Champions League — the Canadian qualifying tournament for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Champions League.

The tournament will feature three Canadian teams — Toronto FC, Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps — who will compete for the right to represent Canada at the new continental club championship.

The CONCACAF Champions League winner will then qualify as the CONCACAF representative at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

The winner of the Nutrilite Canadian Champions League will also receive the Voyageurs Cup trophy, awarded to the top professional Canadian team since 2002 and donated by the Canadian Soccer Association for the event.

"We are thrilled to add coverage of the first-ever Canadian Champions League to our soccer lineup," said Scott Moore, executive director, CBC Sports. "Our agreements with FIFA and MLS show that CBC is committed to helping to grow the game in Canada.

"This will be an exciting tournament with intense competition between Canada's professional teams. Bringing it to Canadians is an important part of our commitment."

CBCSports.ca will provide video streaming of four matches, providing coverage both live and on demand.

Toronto FC is enjoying an excellent start to their sophomore season in Major League Soccer. The club is currently riding a six-game unbeaten streak, sitting fourth in the league's Eastern Conference (4-2-2).

The Whitecaps and the Impact both play in the United Soccer Leagues' first division.

Vancouver has posted a record of 3-1-1 through five games, good for a third-place tie in the first division standings. Montreal has struggled in its first seven games, sitting in eighth place by virtue of a 2-4-1 record.

Coverage of the Nutrilite Canadian Champions League kicks off live on the CBC digital channel bold and CBCSports.ca, on Tuesday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET, as the Montreal Impact hosts Toronto FC at Saputo Stadium. In other Nutrilite Canadian Champions League action:

Tuesday, July 1 - Vancouver Whitecaps at Toronto FC (3 p.m. ET, CBC, CBCSports.ca

Wednesday, June 25 - Montreal Impact at Vancouver Whitecaps (8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET, bold and CBCSports.ca)

Tuesday, July 22 - Montreal Whitecaps at Toronto FC (7 p.m. ET, bold and CBCSports.ca)

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Since when is the Voyageurs Cup donated by the CSA??? I haven't been keeping up with the V-Cup, I'll admit... but someone should really mention to the CBC that there's a reason it's called the Voyageurs Cup...