Stock photo. Airplanes in gate at Halifax's airport.

Midwinter Off-season Update

January 18, 2020 Dylan Matthias 0

Right. I’ve been off for a while, and so was the Canadian Premier League for most of the first part of January 2020. Some relatively minor stuff happened before Christmas, but it wasn’t until this week things started moving.

Bent, Ruby, and more from the 2019 USPORTs draft

November 12, 2019 Dylan Matthias 0

The inaugural CanPL/USPORTs draft presented a completely clean slate. Draftees were actually the first players formally affiliated with the new clubs, and many went on to have a lot of success. That, in turn, increased both expectation and attention for the 2019 draft.

Canada's Marcel de Jong running past a defender.

Marcel de Jong and the fragility of tactical planning

March 15, 2019 Dylan Matthias 0

Dreadful news for the Canadian Premier League this week: Marcel de Jong is out for the year. Rumour says it’s an achilles injury, which tends to be freak bad luck.

Six weeks before kick-off against Halifax Wanderers, Pacific are left with a very make-shift backline and fans are left without one of the more exciting, proven players in the league.