Kent Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I hope we start with 8-10 teams, but if I had to put money on it right now I would guess 7 teams, as per my post in the CPL Thread (the seeming gap right now that appeared to be tailor made for Port City is what is taking my 8 down to a 7... hopefully it's just a hiccup, but it might be more than that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 An announcement in Edmonton appeared to explain why a series of 6 or 7 were anticipated after the CSA AGM and so far there is no indication that one is happening either as the Eskimos' intervention at the city council committee meeting was not a positive development for them. Uncertainty over BC and Edmonton would be the reason why 6 would still have been a possibility at that point. The settlement of the legal dispute in Hamilton that was standing in the way of lease negotiations perhaps not coincidentally right after Halifax and Calgary have posted some reasonably positive looking season ticket deposit numbers finally says loud and clear that a 2019 launch is definitely happening one way or another. Actions speak louder than words sometimes and that has been the proverbial 600 lb gorilla in the room that nobody wanted to mention for the last year or so. They'll no doubt have a contingency plan in place if Ottawa isn't #6 and Edmonton and "Port City" can easily be the two in the pipeline if they are not ready to rumble in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Victoria in. CPL officials in Victoria meeting today http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/greater-victoria-to-get-pro-soccer-team-next-year-1.23321490 Owners of the Victoria franchise will be former European pro and Canadian national team players Josh Simpson of Victoria and Rob Friend of Kelowna, and Vancouver-based financier Dean Shillington, founder and president of Knightsbridge Capital Group. “This is not an official team launch yet, but we feel quite confident this is going to happen and that a pro team will be coming to the Island in 2019,” said Simpson, The team is expected to play at Westhills Stadium in Langford. Simpson acknowledged Westhills is not yet up to league standard. But that may only be a matter of time. “We are looking at the kind of attendance — 5,000 to 6,000 fans per game — that Victoria is currently not used to for soccer,” said Simpson. “We see this team representing the Island and drawing from Sidney to Nanaimo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Sweet mother of gods! The Times-Colonist newspaper ran a story this morning saying Josh Simpson and Rob Friend are part of the ownership group that will be announced as a club in the CanPL for next summer. The article is behind a paywall (stupid T-C). http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/greater-victoria-to-get-pro-soccer-team-next-year-1.23321490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Just now, Rheo said: Victoria in (will update after I read) http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/greater-victoria-to-get-pro-soccer-team-next-year-1.23321490 Beat me by...that much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, ted said: Beat me by...that much! I was lucky to beat you lol. Just happened to catch it on Twitter and raced to post it before reading. Not behind a paywall here, want me to send the entire text to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rheo said: I was lucky to beat you lol. Just happened to catch it on Twitter and raced to post it before reading. Not behind a paywall here, want me to send the entire text to you? Nah, I'm good. I was able to read it on my phone for some reason but when I got to my desktop: paywall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HfxCeltic Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 So with Rob Friend in with the Victoria group, I assume the Fraser Valley potential club is all but dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, HfxCeltic said: So with Rob Friend in with the Victoria group, I assume the Fraser Valley potential club is all but dead? Seems to be the way it is from what I'm seeing on Twitter since the article posted. Really seems to have caught people in the know by surprise that there wasn't two seperate groups in BC. I've been checking out that Taking the Piss message board since AFTN pod mentioned it and even there they thought it was two groups. Really interesting to see what happens now out there now in the Vancouver area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Wait...what?? A team right in my backyard...that I can call my own? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hopefully we will start getting more answers this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, HfxCeltic said: So with Rob Friend in with the Victoria group, I assume the Fraser Valley potential club is all but dead? Lots of info pointing strongly to that has been on here for weeks now but some only pay attention to what fits their favoured outcome. Good news that they expect to resolve the hydro pole issue because I suspect Victoria will do as well or better than Halifax on season ticket deposits while Fraser valley may well have followed the York 9 trajectory due to being in the shadow of the Whitecaps. With Victoria in the mix they don't need Ottawa and Edmonton on board to be able to launch and can wait until near the end of the USL season and for the Clarke Stadium issue to run its course in local politics terms for them to potentially enter the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Good to see someone is gracious while rubbing it in people's face that they were wrong and he was right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Lots of info pointing strongly to that has been on here for weeks now but some only pay attention to what fits their favoured outcome. Good news that they expect to resolve the hydro pole issue because I suspect Victoria will do as well or better than Halifax on season ticket deposits while Fraser valley may well have followed the York 9 trajectory due to being in the shadow of the Whitecaps. With Victoria in the mix they don't need Ottawa and Edmonton on board to be able to launch and can wait until near the end of the USL season and for the Clarke Stadium issue to run its course in local politics terms for them to potentially enter the mix. Never change, BBTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 So wait...is this the "Port City" group? I can't keep track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Just now, mpg_29 said: So wait...is this the "Port City" group? I can't keep track... Yes, it's the "Port City" group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Seems like that CPL Rumours twitter account is legit after all. They been saying for a while that Victoria was in and Surrey was out and there was only 1 owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Just now, mpg_29 said: So wait...is this the "Port City" group? I can't keep track... Friend and Shillington were always assumed to be Surrey/Port City group so it looks like it. When the original Victoria article came out a month or so ago it only listed Simpson so it was thought there were two groups given the geographic differences but as BBTB will probably remind us all for the foreseeable future he was right and there was only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, BringBackTheBlizzard said: Yes, it's the "Port City" group. Ok...so there was always only one ownership group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 1 minute ago, mpg_29 said: Ok...so there was always only one ownership group? Think so. There may have been an earlier Victoria CanPL group of some description that had some level of contact with Paul Beirne and co, but they probably didn't have the finances needed to be one of the 10 that was being taken seriously by the powers that be. In addition to the 8 that may launch next year (at least 6 almost definite now) there was also Saskatchewan and K/W on that, who may still be active to some extent and hence help to explain why David Clanachan sometimes says 10 teams for the launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps must be the happiest people this morning. If true, I think the city of Surrey shit the bed a little bit on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Vancouver Whitecaps must be the happiest people this morning. If true, I think the city of Surrey shit the bed a little bit on this one It would be pretty funny for the Caps to be upset about a team moving into Surrey, when the country is literally blanketed by their academy/school plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Squizz tweeted about the official CPL press release, noting the team was awarded to Vancouver Island, so expect regional branding like York 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Fuck, does this mean we are stuck with "Port City"!?! I was happy to let Surrey have that as a way to avoid being Surrey (sorry any proud Surrey peeps), but we have no reason to avoid being called Victoria. Christ at this point I'd accept Victoria City. Victoria United - history going back to 1904 and repeat winners of the only sporting trophy with President John F. Kennedy's name on it. Victoria Highlanders - Short history but a name that is known in town. Victoria Vistas - sorry, I can't get excited about bringing that name back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soefeia Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 15 minutes ago, mpg_29 said: Ok...so there was always only one ownership group? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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