2019 Voyageurs Cup

[longlugan 371]

What time is the draw today...anyone hear anything?

[Ansem 8,660]

Big acquisition by AS Blainville

 

[nfitz 161]

Gosh, what's he been doing since he last played in 2017? Was he injured?

[MtlMario 1,041]

7 hours ago, longlugan said:

What time is the draw today...anyone hear anything?

WTF is going on. It's 5:30 EST and nothing so far.??

[Big_M 1,906]

Lefevre is a cpa and working so really doesnt need to play pro..as stated he recently joined FC Sparte in plfq which is mostly Blainville players so this was predictable..took a year off, worked and still had a will to play and Blainville is probably the only interesting option for him with them being in the Voyageurs Cup

[Ansem 8,660]

 

Edited February 13, 2019 by Ansem

[grande 336]

In case you don't want to watch the video:

Round 1 (May 15/22)

1. Vaughan vs Halifax
2. Cavalry vs Pacific FC
3. AS Blainville vs York 9

Round 2 (June 5/12)

4. W3 vs FC Edmonton
5. W2 vs Forge
6. W1 vs Valour

Round 3 (July 10/24)

7. W6 vs Fury
8. W4 vs Impact
9. W5 vs Whitecaps

Semi-Finals (Aug 7/14)

10. W7 vs TFC
11. W8 vs W9

Finals (Sept 18/25)

12. W10 vs W11

 

I'm bummed. There won't be a Forge vs TFC game unless they both make it to the finals.

[Gian-Luca 3,489]

On paper at least Calgary and Victoria have the toughest draw 

[Rocket Robin 826]

The Q1 draw results avoided some conflicts in the GTA area.

Wednesday May 15th has Toronto FC vs Wayne Rooney's DC United at BMO Field  

that same night Vaughan Azzurri of League 1 Ontario host HFX Wanderers  

The next Wednesday (May 22) has the fixtures reversed but now York 9 FC hosts AS Blainville in their return match while TFC has the night off.  

Now all the GTA mainstream reporters can't use the fixtures as a way of avoiding covering the York 9 game (wasn't expecting much coverage of Vaughan anyway).  

Works out great for me as the only car wreck I was dreading would have been the draw coming out as both York 9 AND Vaughan hosting on the same night!  

 

[Stryker911 1,773]

Has there been any mention of USL league 2 teams joining for future tournaments? I wouldn't mind a preliminary round of League 1, PLSQ, and USL League 2 which currently consists of Thunder Bay Chill, WSA Winnipeg, Calgary Foothills, Victoria Highlanders, and TSS FC Rovers. I'm sure we could find another team to add to make it a nice round 8.

[Blue and White Army 5]

Hoping to attend Vaughan vs. Halifax on May 15, and York vs. Blainville on May 22.

[KW519 532]

Anyone know if TSN will be showing any early stage matches?

[Greatest Cockney Rip Off 701]

2 hours ago, KW519 said:

Anyone know if TSN will be showing any early stage matches?

Hoping they will have the streaming site they used for the early rounds last season. 

[masster 175]

Noticed in the video that there is still no title sponsor for the Canadian Championship. I was expecting CSB to sign a deal for this year.

[Watchmen 662]

On 2/13/2019 at 2:18 PM, Greatest Cockney Rip Off said:

Hoping they will have the streaming site they used for the early rounds last season. 

Ask the CSB what's going on.  It's all under their domain now.

[HfxCeltic 317]

My tickets in the centre circle app for the May 22 game against Vaughn show the game at 1 pm....on a Wednesday. This can't be right. Has anyone noticed similar scheduling for other weekday Can Champ matches? or know of an official schedule anywhere to verify the time?

[RS 2,002]

2 hours ago, HfxCeltic said:

My tickets in the centre circle app for the May 22 game against Vaughn show the game at 1 pm....on a Wednesday. This can't be right. Has anyone noticed similar scheduling for other weekday Can Champ matches? or know of an official schedule anywhere to verify the time?

That's probably a placeholder time.

[Big_M 1,906]

Blainville announces that they will host York in Blainville and not in Laval like last year

 

[Rocket Robin 826]

April 21, 2019 My game report on League 1 Ontario Oakville Blue Devils vs PLSQ A.S. Blainville exhibition game in Oakville. Includes interviews with coaches and players. Should also interest York 9 FC fans as they will play Blainville in the first round of the Voyageurs Cup.

 

The head coach of Blainville does answer questions on this year's Cup.

 

http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports19/19l1o018.htm

 

 

Edited April 22, 2019 by Rocket Robin

[Blue and White Army 5]

On 4/11/2019 at 11:06 AM, HfxCeltic said:

My tickets in the centre circle app for the May 22 game against Vaughn show the game at 1 pm....on a Wednesday. This can't be right. Has anyone noticed similar scheduling for other weekday Can Champ matches? or know of an official schedule anywhere to verify the time?

Which section are you in? Are Voyageurs planning a "neutral" section?

For Vaughan Azzurri vs. HFX Wanderers on May 15, any idea what's happening regarding tickets? I see nothing on Vaughan's website or social media account about tickets - other than them giving away tickets to the York 9 Voyageurs Cup match. 😂

Edited April 24, 2019 by Blue and White Army

[HfxCeltic 317]

2 hours ago, Blue and White Army said:

Which section are you in? Are Voyageurs planning a "neutral" section?

For Vaughan Azzurri vs. HFX Wanderers on May 15, any idea what's happening regarding tickets? I see nothing on Vaughan's website or social media account about tickets - other than them giving away tickets to the York 9 Voyageurs Cup match. 😂

Season tickets in Section 105. Inquired with the club and they noted the game time of 1pm was an error and will be fixed. No to the neutral section. I do know the club has a small section designated for away supporters. Contact Marvin Okello with the club if you're looking to grab some of those tickets. 

I can't speak to tickets for the match in Vaughn.

[IAmPappy 216]

So, coming back to that wonky format for the 2019 championship. Lots of people (including me) were perplexed, and we have all read the official explanation, but (as another poster mentioned) it felt icky. 

What if the organizers started with a longer term vision, where the tournament would always be five rounds, with one round each month from May to September, potentially accommodating up to 32 teams in a straight knockout? This way, they could build a tradition of one round per month, and always block dates accordingly. 

If that was the plan, they would need to take the available 2019 clubs and reverse engineer then into a five-round tournament to use up the five monthly dates. 

To me, that seems like the cleanest (and most forward looking) explanation. 

Am I crazy?

 

[Kent 5,216]

23 hours ago, IAmPappy said:

Am I crazy?

No, I wouldn't say that. I would say "they" are crazy. You are just "apologetic".

[Ansem 8,660]

Looks like CPL will help grow the V Cup, only 500 tickets left in Blainville.

 

 Looking at ticketmaster, York Lions could sell out for the return leg of the Canadian Championship

 

[Ansem 8,660]

My early predictions based on 2 weeks of CPL Activity