shermanator Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Figured I would start a thread as a catch all regarding the 6 Canadian PDL clubs. Calgary Foothills will host all Canadian TSS Rovers this week on Friday (7 PM MST) and Sunday (2 PM MST). Calgary will be streaming the matches live at the following links. I'm really curious to see the setup for Foothills this year as they are playing at yet another location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Calgary Foothills is the top team in the PDL's Western Conference preseason rankings. http://www.uslpdl.com/news_article/show/788834?referrer_id=2242498 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 1 hour ago, shermanator said: Calgary Foothills is the top team in the PDL's Western Conference preseason rankings. http://www.uslpdl.com/news_article/show/788834?referrer_id=2242498 Unfortunately their power rankings stop after the top 5 teams. I want to know how far down the rankings they're placing Rovers & Highlanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Big comeback from Calgary 1-3 to 4-3. Low quality stream and at ground level but hopefully will be better Sunday. Level of play was good. Good impression from the new team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 15 hours ago, Big_M said: Big comeback from Calgary 1-3 to 4-3. Low quality stream and at ground level but hopefully will be better Sunday. Level of play was good. Good impression from the new team. Actually it was an even bigger comeback. Rovers were up by 3 goals at one point, and then Foothills scored just before the half. I guess they were just warming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Highlight package of the first game. Complete with epic music and a little wrestling reference from yours truly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Heckuva start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Two great games. Excited to get down to Detroit this weekend and see KW Uniteds kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 TSS Rovers deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player: TSS FC Rovers @TSSRovers Follow More Sincere apologies to our supporters. We must inform you we played with an ineligible player. Thus, -3 pts #toldyouwedontknowwhatwearedoing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I don't really understand how you can be docked points for that. In most leagues, you usually forfeit the match by a 3-0 scoreline. How can you lose an additional 3 points if you lost the match anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 This happened to Kitsap at their first game last year and they got so mad they moved to another league for 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 1 hour ago, masster said: I don't really understand how you can be docked points for that. In most leagues, you usually forfeit the match by a 3-0 scoreline. How can you lose an additional 3 points if you lost the match anyways? When Kitsap was docked for the same thing last year it reversed their 3-0 win to a 3-0 loss and the club were also docked -3 points. I'm not sure why TSS Rovers wouldn't have the same scoreline and point deduction punishment? 1 hour ago, ted said: This happened to Kitsap at their first game last year and they got so mad they moved to another league for 2017. Ya, but Kitsap were always a bunch of whiny cunts, or at least in the 2 years I saw them. Maybe the whining from Rovers supporters (or at least, AFTN) over the three penalties Foothills received over the weekend can stop now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 11 minutes ago, shermanator said: When Kitsap was docked for the same thing last year it reversed their 3-0 win to a 3-0 loss and the club were also docked -3 points. I'm not sure why TSS Rovers wouldn't have the same scoreline and point deduction punishment? As long as PDL is consistent, that is fine. I guess I am just comparing the situation to Europe. Deducting an additional 3 points after forfeiting the match seems like overkill to me. I think a fine for the club, as this was an administrative error, would be more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 1 hour ago, ted said: This happened to Kitsap at their first game last year and they got so mad they moved to another league for 2017. Maybe TSS will do the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Gopherbashi said: Maybe TSS will do the same thing CanPL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Got three penalties? New idea...quit acting like Gronkowski while in the penalty area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 WSA Winnipeg signs former Canadian youth international Daniel Sagno. He was an impact player with the Whitecaps residency. Will be curious to see how he does at this level. http://wsawinnipegpdl.com/2017/05/14/daniel-sagno-joins-wsa-winnipeg-for-2017-season/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Wow, Sagno. Always seemed like a striker on the up. Some lovely names floating around those western PDL teams. United played at the "ULTIMATE" soccer arenas against the Bucks. Lost 2-0. Pretty confident the Bucks first goal was actually cleared off the line by Justin Springer. Ah well, the Bucks always get the calls. As Foothills fans should know. We trashed them in the stands though. Next game is against West Virginia Thursday. As far as I know, the league requested that all teams have live streams of their games. The Bucks failed to do that and so have most of the other teams in the Great Lakes division. So even the PDL champions don't want to film their indoor soccer arena. Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 7 minutes ago, Levi Oakey said: As far as I know, the league requested that all teams have live streams of their games. The Bucks failed to do that and so have most of the other teams in the Great Lakes division. So even the PDL champions don't want to film their indoor soccer arena. Frustrating. Thanks for mentioning that. I wasn't sure if that had been an official request or if the PNW was just being really awesome this year. Highlanders had a live feed of their match this past weekend via YouTube and have an open call for volunteers to do play-by-play and colour commentary. The *silent* first match can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umh6JwoDaD4 It was a pretty good match for Highlanders. Definitely a huge step above last year's team. The overall production of the match was a lot better too for fans in the stands. Only 305 people made it out for Mother's Day, but that'll likely grow as the season progresses. I've a bit of a write-up on the weekend of activity in Victoria here: http://www.northernstartingeleven.com/highlanders-buoyed-to-victory-despite-lanes-aces/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Calgary Foothills is holding a watch party at the Ship and Anchor for their game against TSS this Friday. I hope it's better than their PDL final "watch party", which was essentially just the game on TV with nowhere reserved for any of the supporters, and the club hocking their merch in a table tucked away. I will say that I was rather impressed by the stream quality of TSS' game against Lane United. Wish I could be seeing the game live, but away game trips don't seem to be doable at this stage for the supporters group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Calgary Foothills do the double over Victoria Highlanders this weekend. 1-0 on Friday and 3-1 today. Currently 5 points up on Seattle Sounders U-23 at the top of the NW division with 15 points through 6 games. Highlanders are 5th in the NW division with 3 points from 4 games, and TSS Rovers are at the bottom of the NW division with 2 points through 8 games (after a 3 point deduction). Not sure how attendance is doing for the other Canadian clubs in the NW division, but Calgary drew 800+ in their opener and probably half that in their second game. Attendance numbers at the PDL level are hard to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 5/15/2017 at 6:30 PM, masster said: WSA Winnipeg signs former Canadian youth international Daniel Sagno. He was an impact player with the Whitecaps residency. Will be curious to see how he does at this level. http://wsawinnipegpdl.com/2017/05/14/daniel-sagno-joins-wsa-winnipeg-for-2017-season/ Sagno is training with WFC2 now. Did things not go well in Winnipeg?https://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/2017/06/07/wfc2-training-update-ibini-and-adekugbe?hootPostID=3d93e3fbbc96525a88784151681ce896 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Wow Ethan Gage back training. So he hasn't moved on from chasing the pro game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 On 6/4/2017 at 8:39 PM, shermanator said: Not sure how attendance is doing for the other Canadian clubs in the NW division, but Calgary drew 800+ in their opener and probably half that in their second game. Attendance numbers at the PDL level are hard to get. I can only really speak to the Highlanders home matches. We wish we had attendance numbers like that. Opening match was 305 people announced. The Friday night Seattle match was somewhere between 400-500 (estimate),while the two matches against Calgary were between 150-200 (generous estimate). From what I've heard, the Rovers are doing pretty well at Swangard, despite their position in the table. For Canadian teams outside the NW division, I believe KW was bragging about a 1k+ attendance, and WSA Winnipeg has had a bit of a pre-CanPL bump, though I'm not sure how substantial it is. Not sure about the actual attendance numbers at either location. Thunder Bay has yet to host a home match. @Nathanael Martin may have a fair idea about K-W United's attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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