Soccerpro2 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Mens championship - Maritime Summer Series - Aug 5th, 2023. Suburban FC (NS) 7 Frederiction Reds (NB) 0. Reinforcing why Halifax teams usually never want to play in a Maritime league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 23 hours ago, Soccerpro2 said: Mens championship - Maritime Summer Series - Aug 5th, 2023. Suburban FC (NS) 7 Frederiction Reds (NB) 0. Reinforcing why Halifax teams usually never want to play in a Maritime league. Maybe having former CPL players like Akeem Garcia and Corey Bent on Suburban FC helped? Something the New Brunswick/PEI teams didn't have. If New Brunswick gets a CPL or a couple L1 Atlantic teams, the competition and playing time will make players and eventually, the teams better. narduch, Bbeto, Unnamed Trialist and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro2 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Trois Reds said: Maybe having former CPL players like Akeem Garcia and Corey Bent on Suburban FC helped? Something the New Brunswick/PEI teams didn't have. If New Brunswick gets a CPL or a couple L1 Atlantic teams, the competition and playing time will make players and eventually, the teams better. Until then, what's the attraction for Halifax teams for L1Atlantic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 The attraction is they can play and learn about being in competition. Who else would they play, themselves? It's the same reason we now have the CPL. Without it, we can't grow the game in the country. Without L1Atlantic, it's the same but on a local scale. NVsoccer and Bbeto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Soccerpro2 said: Until then, what's the attraction for Halifax teams for L1Atlantic? Canadian Championship entry? Kent, Soccerpro2, NVsoccer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro2 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Trois Reds said: The attraction is they can play and learn about being in competition. Who else would they play, themselves? It's the same reason we now have the CPL. Without it, we can't grow the game in the country. Without L1Atlantic, it's the same but on a local scale. They would play other N.S/Halifax teams without the need of driving 3-4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 The Halifax Wanderers announce plans of joining the still-forming League1 Atlantic—which would include a women’s division.Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifax-is-one-step-closer-to-having-a-pro-womens-soccer-team-31308301 League1 Atlantic hopefully starting in 2024. NVsoccer, Watchmen, SpursFlu and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Raven said: The Halifax Wanderers announce plans of joining the still-forming League1 Atlantic—which would include a women’s division.Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifax-is-one-step-closer-to-having-a-pro-womens-soccer-team-31308301 League1 Atlantic hopefully starting in 2024. With the HFX announcement, how many teams could we expect L1A to be in it is first season and will it be mostly Nova Scotia in and around the Halifax area with a team or two from New Brunswick and PEI? Is 8 realistic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 26 minutes ago, Cblake said: With the HFX announcement, how many teams could we expect L1A to be in it is first season and will it be mostly Nova Scotia in and around the Halifax area with a team or two from New Brunswick and PEI? Is 8 realistic ? L1BC kicked off with 7, though obviously 8 is a better number. NVsoccer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Heung-min Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) If the current teams of the Maritime Super Series stay on plus Halifax Wanderers that's 4 teams. I think they could launch with a minimum of 5 teams like League 1 Alberta. Quite good coverage so far across the Maritimes. A team from Saint John and/or Moncton would be good. Suburban FC (NS) Frederiction Reds (NB) Winsloe Charlottetown FC (PEI) Halifax Wanderers u-23 (NS) TBC? Edited August 11, 2023 by Sonny Heung-min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I believe 6 is the minimum number for an "official season" which is why L1Alberta was referred to as an Exhibition Series this year. So at least two more teams would be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 21 hours ago, Raven said: The Halifax Wanderers announce plans of joining the still-forming League1 Atlantic—which would include a women’s division.Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifax-is-one-step-closer-to-having-a-pro-womens-soccer-team-31308301 League1 Atlantic hopefully starting in 2024. I think it would make a lot of sense in so many ways for every CPL team to field a women's team in their respective League 1 Hopefully that happens very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Sonny Heung-min said: If the current teams of the Maritime Super Series stay on plus Halifax Wanderers that's 4 teams. I think they could launch with a minimum of 5 teams like League 1 Alberta. Quite good coverage so far across the Maritimes. A team from Saint John and/or Moncton would be good. Suburban FC (NS) Frederiction Reds (NB) Winsloe Charlottetown FC (PEI) Halifax Wanderers u-23 (NS) TBC? I don’t have any knowledge of the teams, but I think some teams from Saint John attended the League1 Atlantic meetings. NVsoccer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-O Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I live on the Quebec side of the New-Brunswick border. No idea about the viability of a city like Edmundston, but there are plenty of players in western Quebec that can't play in a real competitive club. Closest League1 Quebec is more than 2h away. Degelis has a soccer program at the high school (15 mins to Edmundston) and there are plenty of great players in the Riviere-du-Loup & Rimouski area. Even if I do not live in the Maritimes, I am keeping an eye on this beautiful League1 Maritimes project. And if Edmundston ever get a club, I will be a member. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Guess Moncton and Sydney, NS would be the other obvious two for this if the local soccer scenes are strong enough to sustain it there. Are King of Donair from Halifax still on the go? Won the National Championship at one point and the name is one you tend to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Any world on how this went, will it lead to a more formal League 1 Atlantic/Maritimes next year? How was it viewed by the local soccer communities, was it a success ? I thought it was interesting that it did not League 1 moniker like the exhibition series did in Alberta. P-O, NVsoccer and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Looks like the Maritime Super Series will be happening again for 2024 https://www.maritimesuperseries.ca/about narduch, Watchmen and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Three teams over three weekends with none having Wanderers branding. Doubt people are struggling to contain their excitement over how this is progressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/23/2024 at 3:49 AM, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Three teams over three weekends with none having Wanderers branding. Doubt people are struggling to contain their excitement over how this is progressing Sometimes you have to go with what you have. I'd rather encourage this beginning than focus on it being short of what we'd all like to see. dnina10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlugan Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 50 minutes ago, Kingston said: Sometimes you have to go with what you have. I'd rather encourage this beginning than focus on it being short of what we'd all like to see. Consider the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Kingston said: Sometimes you have to go with what you have. I'd rather encourage this beginning than focus on it being short of what we'd all like to see. I am curious, why the Maritime Super Series does not have League 1 Canada branding yet as it goes into it's second year? Also it looks like a lot of the clubs you would like to see from in and around the Halifax area are not involved compared to the ex. season we saw in Alberta last year as they have their first official season in 2024. As I really do not know much about the Atlantic soccer scene I am curious what is going on ,what people think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I know in 2023, the League 1 meeting were held at the end of March, so that didn't give the Region much time to organize something. We'll see what can be organized for 2024 - Spending half my life there, things move a bit slowly there (patience is needed). Perhaps someone who lives in the Region will have a better answer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/27/2024 at 9:31 PM, Cblake said: I am curious, why the Maritime Super Series does not have League 1 Canada branding yet as it goes into it's second year? Also it looks like a lot of the clubs you would like to see from in and around the Halifax area are not involved compared to the ex. season we saw in Alberta last year as they have their first official season in 2024. As I really do not know much about the Atlantic soccer scene I am curious what is going on ,what people think? Alberta already had a preexisting provincial amateur league covering the Edmonton and Calgary areas that are not drastically far from each other geographically. All they had to do was take the clubs with the strongest off field setups from that like Edmonton Scottish and throw in the Calgary Foothills from PDL and some strongly financed youth club and youth academy oriented teams like BTB et voila. In the Maritimes there is no preexisting culture of a shared league so you need to persuade people in Halifax where the strongest soccer culture is located to do a lot more driving to face clubs in places like Charlottetown that may not be an upgrade on what they were doing locally up to now. The less than stellar plan for year two may point to a reluctance to do that amongst the potential participants that would need to buy into the concept to make the whole thing fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 On 3/27/2024 at 8:31 PM, Cblake said: I am curious, why the Maritime Super Series does not have League 1 Canada branding yet as it goes into it's second year? Also it looks like a lot of the clubs you would like to see from in and around the Halifax area are not involved compared to the ex. season we saw in Alberta last year as they have their first official season in 2024. As I really do not know much about the Atlantic soccer scene I am curious what is going on ,what people think? Unlike all the other L1s, the effort involves various provincial associations. So you have to coordinate egos, criteria, funding, logistics. You can't just hope for one president and board to decide and that's that. Bbeto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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