ted Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just now, RS said: Move what cup games to midweek? Vs Cup is already midweek. In my proposal they would be on weekends to start with as we would have the weekends available in a 7-9 team league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 We need more games period. Cavalry will play a total of 38 games this year. 28 league + 8 V cup + 2 CPL final. Forge comes close with 36, if they make the final. Valour and Edmonton will finish with 30 games played. The lowest of all pro teams in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: We need more games period. Cavalry will play a total of 38 games this year. 28 league + 8 V cup + 2 CPL final. Forge comes close with 36, if they make the final. Valour and Edmonton will finish with 30 games played. The lowest of all pro teams in Canada. I agree with more games. I would add extending the number of months played too which would give sufficient rest time, most importantly...move more games to the weekends as they draw more fans than weekdays. I mean, MLS has told Montreal they must play games at home in March like TFC did...(february due to Champions league). CPL should start a month earlier....end of March instead of end of April. Have the games in BC and Southern Ontario as much as possible and avoid the prairies in March Edited September 6, 2019 by Ansem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: We need more games period. Cavalry will play a total of 38 games this year. 28 league + 8 V cup + 2 CPL final. Forge comes close with 36, if they make the final. Valour and Edmonton will finish with 30 games played. The lowest of all pro teams in Canada. Not unless roster size increases. Pacific barely scraped by for most of this season Edited September 6, 2019 by Aird25 ted and CanadaFan123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 20 minutes ago, Aird25 said: Not unless roster size increases. Pacific barely scraped by for most of this season Pacific doesn't fill their roster currently. I doubt that adding more available spots would change that too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, deschamp86 said: Pacific doesn't fill their roster currently. I doubt that adding more available spots would change that too much I think they do once the two incoming players finally get their paper work done. It's a pretty good squad too. I'm glad they didn't panic after the early season injuries. Winnipeg Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 3 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: We need more games period. Cavalry will play a total of 38 games this year. 28 league + 8 V cup + 2 CPL final. Forge comes close with 36, if they make the final. Valour and Edmonton will finish with 30 games played. The lowest of all pro teams in Canada. I'm not getting this call for more league matches. To my mind, given the length of our playing season and participation in cup fixtures high twentys-low thirties seems to be the ceiling if we're to have a salary capped league. Regardless of the number of teams in the league. I love (really love) the idea of a balanced schedule but when this venture gets to 10,11, 12 teams (and it well) the scheduling is going to get awkward. In my perfect world match spacing would be more consistant. I'm sure that would be part of the CPL's perfect world to but with Forge and Valour sharing venues that just adds to the difficult come high summer and into the fall. johnyb, The Real Marc, Lofty and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Aird25 said: I think they do once the two incoming players finally get their paper work done. It's a pretty good squad too. I'm glad they didn't panic after the early season injuries. They always seemed to be building towards next year at the minimum rather than this year. Hopefully we see their attendance go up as they are a pretty fun team to watch and play in a beautiful stadium ted and Rintaran 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Edited September 9, 2019 by Blackjack15 Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Very nice series of interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Real Marc Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 9/5/2019 at 11:13 PM, Cheeta said: I'm not getting this call for more league matches. To my mind, given the length of our playing season and participation in cup fixtures high twentys-low thirties seems to be the ceiling if we're to have a salary capped league. Regardless of the number of teams in the league. I love (really love) the idea of a balanced schedule but when this venture gets to 10,11, 12 teams (and it well) the scheduling is going to get awkward. In my perfect world match spacing would be more consistant. I'm sure that would be part of the CPL's perfect world to but with Forge and Valour sharing venues that just adds to the difficult come high summer and into the fall. Agreed - how many times can you play the same six teams in one season? johnyb, Bison44 and ted 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Ivanovski94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 https://t.co/MwehwKsFWt MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 CPL needs to look at having play-offs. The die-hards may not care, but the general sporting public does. ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Winnipeg Fury said: CPL needs to look at having play-offs. The die-hards may not care, but the general sporting public does. I fully expect them to increase the number of playoff teams as the league size increases. Just like MLS does. Winnipeg Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) I think as a traditionalist a 4 team playoff at 8 teams seems ok and I could live with an East West at minimum 12 teams Edited September 15, 2019 by SpursFlu Winnipeg Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I vote no. However, it may be necessary as the league grows. You're not going to have a balanced schedule anyway once the league gets up there in team numbers so adding a small playoff tourney at season's end could be fun while extending the season a few weeks. Hell, could get the playoff tourney sponsored by someone. Top 4 teams qualify. That way you can divorce it from the league and maybe satisfy those who aren't fans of the idea. Just so long as the league champion is justly rewarded I'm good either way. Entering Voyageur's Cup with the MLS teams (the CCL slot/qualifier slot if CPL ever gets one) some serious prize money, both, use your imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Cheeta said: I vote no. However, it may be necessary as the league grows. You're not going to have a balanced schedule anyway once the league gets up there in team numbers so adding a small playoff tourney at season's end could be fun while extending the season a few weeks. Hell, could get the playoff tourney sponsored by someone. Top 4 teams qualify. That way you can divorce it from the league and maybe satisfy those who aren't fans of the idea. Just so long as the league champion is justly rewarded I'm good either way. Entering Voyageur's Cup with the MLS teams (the CCL slot/qualifier slot if CPL ever gets one) some serious prize money, both, use your imagination. Are you talking about the CONCACAF League spot that CPL already has? If there was a playoff, what do people think about that single CONCACAF League spot? Should it go to the regular season champs or to the playoff champs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I have a feeling that we might end up with 2 CONCACAF League spots, sooner rather than later. It would be easy for CONCACAF to expand the tournament from 22 to 24. I actually like the split format now (just need to be equal with some kind of shield for each seasons) In that case CPL champion ---> CONCACAF League round of 16 CPL finalist -->CONCACAF League round of 16 qualifiers * Whenever CONCACAF decides to revise the Champions league format, CPL will get their spot grande 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 So long as the season is done by early October a two week playoff isn't too dangerous as far as weather is concerned. Really do have to keep the league fixutes down though. You're not playing a 36 match league season along with cup fixtures and then a couple of weeks of playoffs before late October. Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 F parity...this is fun. ted and red card 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat2 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 #off-topic Would this be a good idea to grow the CPL brand in the states Purchase the old NASL twitter and re-brand as another CPL highlights or an expansion franchise new account. Would gain access to 48k twitter soccer fans. https://twitter.com/naslofficial?lang=en toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, yothat2 said: #off-topic Would this be a good idea to grow the CPL brand in the states Purchase the old NASL twitter and re-brand as another CPL highlights or an expansion franchise new account. Would gain access to 48k twitter soccer fans. https://twitter.com/naslofficial?lang=en To what end? I highly doubt we are going to capture the attention of many US soccer fans. And even if we do...? Better to focus on growing the game and brand here in Canada. Bbeto, toontownman, MtlMario and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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