Bison44 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Its one of the hidden benefits of the CPL, and in the long run the CSB. Jobs and fertile training ground for everyone involved in the "soccer industry". Refs, physio, team support staff, managers, front office staff, players agents etc etc all down the line. And not just in the big metro areas (MLS), but Halifax, Hamilton, WPG, Calgary etc. It would be a shame to see this horseshit going on now tear down everything that's been built. Cheeta, toontownman, narduch and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Lauziere cut his teeth in CPL and also has an MLS game tonight johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shway Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Good thing to remember is that this year marks the first year that the CPL regular season champion andthe North Star champion will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League. Which is the first of the new iteration. johnyb, Cheeta, DoyleG and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/10/2023 at 6:16 PM, Shway said: Good thing to remember is that this year marks the first year that the CPL regular season champion andthe North Star champion will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League. Which is the first of the new iteration. And if a team wins both, the 2nd place regular season team will take the spot (or if the 1st or 2nd place regular season team wins the Voyageurs Cup, the final spot will go to the 3rd place CPL regular season team, as I understand it from wikipedia). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Canadian_Premier_League_season#2024_CONCACAF_Champions_League Shway, toontownman, narduch and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RJB Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 It looks like the new kits are starting to be released. Looking forward to VFC releasing theirs soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big_M Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Canadian Premier League announces new playoff format narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, Big_M said: Canadian Premier League announces new playoff format Expectations for Valour just dropped from 5th to 6th narduch, Cheeta and johnyb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Well at least they released the format before the season started Olympique_de_Marseille, Bison44, K Edgar and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 31 minutes ago, Big_M said: Canadian Premier League announces new playoff format Well, now this seems . . . stupid. narduch, Cheeta and RJB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Just now, m-g-williams said: Well, now this seems . . . stupid. MLS: 3 game series in the opening round. CPL: Hold my beer dyslexic nam and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 28 minutes ago, Big_M said: Canadian Premier League announces new playoff format Playoffs seem to be a rather sore topic for anything football-related, but I rather like this format. The biggest issue with an 8 team league with no pro/rel imo is keeping games competitive and entertaining until the end. In European tiers, you see bottom dwellers fighting to stay promoted, top teams fighting for champions league, europa league and conference league. This format, gives different value to seeds 1/2,3 and 4/5. Plus, it gives a greater advantage for those 1st / 2nd place teams that have a great regular season. Also, four different teams being guaranteed a hosted playoff game (and one with huge odds) should be a great selling feature in local markets. RJB and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) The top 4 were well ahead of the pack, and only 3 points separated them. With this format Valour would have been a playoff team last season, with a record below .500. Why is this change needed? Edited March 15, 2023 by Aird25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 a 14 day wait to play the final is too long...anyone who played sports knows that...surprising from noonan who played ncaa ball at duke Cheeta and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 56 minutes ago, Big_M said: Canadian Premier League announces new playoff format Unorthodox, but I like it. top 4 all get 1 guaranteed home playoff game. Top 2 need to lose twice to get knocked out, while 3 - 5 get knocked out with 1 loss, seems like a good reward for finishing top 2. MtlMario and Club Linesman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Aird25 said: The top 4 were well ahead of the pack, and only 3 points separated them. With this format Valour would have been a playoff team last season, with a record below .500. Why is this change needed? That's exactly why this is needed. We don't want the bottom four teams having absolutely nothing to play for in their last ten games. Gives more teams, more competitive games while at the same time giving a much greater benefit to the better performing teams. Valour would've needed to win four straight away games to win the title, whereas Forge only would've needed to win 2 games + have a second chance if they lose the first. Edit: for further reference, the season prior saw the 4th through 6th teams separated by 1 point. Edited March 15, 2023 by Pottsy3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I don't hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I like that there is another way for 1st and 2nd and that it isn't just one loss and they're done. That is smart and rewarding. However five teams out of eight making it is ridiculous and discredits the whole season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, Pottsy3 said: for further reference, the season prior saw the 4th through 6th teams separated by 1 point. Every game is supposed to count. By giving them a second chance because they were only separated by one point just means that it doesn't matter. Honest question: why don't they just let every team into the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 In 2021 and 2022, 7th and 8th had nothing to play for at the end and were far from even 5th place In 2021, teams 4th 5th and 6th fought for the last spot until the end In 2022, 5th and 6th were out of it With this new format there is the possibility of a cinderella story but at the same time you are rewarding a team that had a simply bad record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, RJB said: Every game is supposed to count. By giving them a second chance because they were only separated by one point just means that it doesn't matter. Honest question: why don't they just let every team into the playoffs? except it does because then you need to win another match to get into the finals? when the 5-8th teams were out of the playoffs with weeks left in the season, now those games actually counted for nothing. if you let every team into the playoffs, the regular season games have no stakes besides seeding. Edited March 15, 2023 by Pottsy3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I'm going to predict now that whoever wins the 1 v 2 game will lose in the final RJB and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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