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Inter Toronto Lands Peruvian Forward Sebastian Gonzales
1 day ago February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM EST Yifan Wu· Senior Editor, Audience Shout-outs to countries Here are all the countries and regions that Bad Bunny shouted out to during the transition from "Café Con Ron" to "DTMF:" Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, …
Where to Find All Power Armor in Fallout 4
Updated May 31, 2024, by Christopher Norman Worcester: Fallout 4, along with most other games in the series, continues to see a major surge in popularity. Because of this, we are updating many of our most popular guides. Power Armor remains one of the most sought after items in Fallout 4, and this update adds a video to every full and partial set in the game.
PFA Canada Launches Program To Educate CPL Athletes On Sports Betting Integrity
Correction: While the original article stated that the PFA Canada program was the first of its kind in CPL circles, this year the Canadian Premier League had ran a preseason program provided by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports that every rostered player was required to complete. A league spokesperson states that the CPL expects to continue such training as an annual preseason deliverable.
Former Cuba Internationals Set To Face Toronto FC In Stadium Where 'New Life' Began
He had minutes to choose what to do. Thinking quickly, Alejandro Portal made a decision that would change his life forever. The Cuban international was back in the hotel following his country’s six-nil loss to Canada.
Former Valour Boss Rob Gale Named Portland Thorns Interim Head Coach
With the Portland Thorns bottom of the NWSL table after four matches, the club is moving quickly to make significant staff adjustments at an early stage of the campaign. Rob Gale will now lead the Thorns as an interim head coach after the decision was made to move head coach Mike Norris to the technical director role, with the club starting its search for a permanent head coach effective immediately.
Pacific Signs One-Year Stadium Agreement
Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC is staying in Starlight Stadium…at least for another year. The club – which recently called rumours of a Starlight Stadium exit ‘unfounded’ – has come to terms with the City of Langford for a one-year contract agreement that runs through the 2024 calendar year, with Pacific’s own season kicking off in a matter of days.
'The Team Is Not For Sale': Pacific Ownership Rebukes Claim That CPL Club Is On The Market
Last night saw a bombshell tweet from Manuel Veth claim that both Pacific FC and Valour FC were on the market for new owners, prompting plenty of fan speculation regarding the future of the two Canadian Premier League sides. However, sources from both clubs and the league itself have rebuked those claims in conversations with Northern Tribune. Sources 🚨! #CanPL clubs Pacific FC and Valour FC are in the market for new owners. Pacific FC won the title in 2021.
Halifax To Get Pro Women's Soccer Team
The latest team to join Project 8 appears to have unveiled itself, with Atlantic Women’s FC – with full team name and branding still to be revealed – announcing itself on Canada’s east coast. “In the heart of our vibrant city, a new era in sports is about to begin as we unveil our very own professional women’s soccer team,” read a statement from the club’s new website, stating it will compete in a newly created Canadian professional women’s soccer league presumed to be Project 8.
Rumour: NYCFC Set To Hire Cavalry Assistant Coach Leon Hapgood
MLS heights are beckoning for Cavalry assistant coach Leon Hapgood, as per Joshua Kloke. The English assistant coach – who has coached in Canada since 2008 – is set to be hired on to assist New York City FC head coach Nick Cushing. Hapgood has been Tommy Wheeldon Jr’s right hand man since the inception of Cavalry FC in 2019, before which he had worked alongside him at the Calgary Foothills.
Portland Timbers Taking Sean Rea For Test Drive
The Portland Timbers could be adding a fifth Canadian to the team sheet if all goes well in preseason. Former CF Montreal midfielder Sean Rea is trialing with the side during the club’s preseason camp, which will begin in Arizona with a friendly bout against reigning USL champions Phoenix Rising FC. Last season saw Rea enjoy a strong start at CF Montreal before falling out of favour with now-departed head coach Hernan Losada.
Cavalry Inks Australian Forward Lleyton Brooks
The Boxing Day shopping has netted Cavalry FC Australian forward Lleyton Brooks on a multi-year deal. The A-League forward, 22, will head to Spruce Meadows after having plied his trade with Melbourne Victory over the last four years. He’d amassed some 32 appearances for the side in that time, 14 of which came in a variety of attacking positions through the 2022-2023 season.
'Hefty Transfer Fee': Top CPL Defender Daan Klomp Draws MLS Interest
It’s no shock to see that the Canadian Premier League’s player of the year has picked up interest at levels beyond Canada’s top flight. Having proven himself as a consistent and award-winning performer for Cavalry – who won the regular season title in Klomp’s third season there – the 25-year-old now reportedly has multiple MLS sides expressing direct interest in the defender.
Bekker And Bobby Put CPL Officiating On Blast
Forge’s captain and coach put out some heavy complaints about the quality of officiating in Canada’s domestic top flight. The three-time CPL champions had travelled out east to face the Halifax Wanderers, dropping the result 2-1 amidst controversial penalty decisions. “It was a great game of football. There were two teams that had a great first half,” opened Forge captain Kyle Bekker after the match, giving little hint of the tirade that was about to come.
Kamdem Dreaming To Bring Cavalry Silverware
This article is based on an original French interview with credit to Quentin Parisis. There were many Cavalry fans who raised their eyebrows in surprise when the club let Bradley Vliet trot off to Pacific, but his successor Bradley Kamdem has proved a worthy successor. The 28-year-old – once selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft – arrived back to hometown Calgary from Maltese side Valletta FC, hungry to match the club’s ambitions of locking down a first-ever league title.
Coore, Koch Reunite At Ole Academy
Two former FC Edmonton men have reunited far, far away across the globe. Former FC Edmonton forward Kairo Coore has officially reunited with his former head coach Alan Koch, who led the 22-year-old through what ultimately became FC Edmonton’s final season last year. Koore will train with the Ole Football Academy located in New Zealand – in which Koch is the technical director – and will ask suit up for New Zealand second division side Western Suburbs FC.
Foothills Youngster Mitchell Barrett Set For Fulham Trial
Calgary Foothills youngster Mitchell Barrett – who had a stint with Cavalry FC on a developmental deal last year – will be jumping across the pond for a trial stint with Premier League side Fulham FC. Mitchell earned his opportunity to gel with Cavalry last year after impressing club brass with his performance for their tie-in U-20 AMSL side, where relatively new signing Gareth Smith-Doyle had also played.
Valour's Rayane Yesli Training With AC Ajaccio
The sizeable frame of Valour goalkeeper Rayane Yesli is easy to spot on the AC Ajaccio training grounds. The six-foot-seven goalkeeper joined the Ligue 1 side for a training stint last week, and still has another week to go in the high-level environment.
Wheeldon Jr On Cavalry's Roster Rebuild, Next Captain
Cavalry head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. is back in the office, recharged and ready to help lead the CPL side for a fifth season. The club’s gaffer recently spoke with OneSoccer analysts Gareth Wheeler and Oliver Platt about the how and why behind Cavalry’s transfer decisions thus far, while also shining light on not just one likely player departure but a change of the armband, too.
Exclusive: CPL Set For Kick Off In Kelowna
The Canadian Premier League began considering a serious expansion bid for Kelowna this summer, with the city’s partnership director Bob Evans recently spilling to Castanet that a formal multi-use development proposal for a stadium site had now been received, and that it had full backing from the CPL.
With Time Running Out, Is This The End Of FC Edmonton?
The increasingly likely end of FC Edmonton is a shadow that has loomed over the Canadian Premier League for nearly half of the league’s own existence, but we appear to be in the closing chapter now. In fact, CPL Commissioner Mark Noonan said that a decision on what to do with the club would have to be made in the next month or two. With no buyer in sight, it’s not looking positive.
Rogers Cites 'Limited Appeal' Of OneSoccer In CRTC Dispute
Rogers has slammed OneSoccer as having ‘limited appeal’ to Canadian consumers in a recent response to the Timeless Incorporated’s allegations that the BDU passed over the service because it would compete with Sportsnet. The public response appeared in a broadcast proceeding note filed on September 6, in which Rogers presented a platform for its defense against Timeless’ CRTC complaint.
Luton Looming? Cavalry Confirm Pepple Transfer
The sale of in-demand Canadian striker Aribim Pepple has been confirmed by Cavalry FC. “We’ve agreed to terms with a club,” revealed head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. to local outlets. “We’re finalizing paperwork before we make a final announcement, but he will be transferred in this transfer window.” The 19-year old was recently spotted with English Championship side Luton Town, who appear to have hijacked a previous bid from League Two side Forest Green Rovers.
Windsor's CPL Expansion Bid Is Taking Shape
When Canadian Premier League commissioner David Clanachan stepped down six months ago, the sports executive did so with the ambition and blessing to launch his own CPL team right in his hometown of Windsor. A new update from the Drive Magazine shows that Clanachan’s has now partnered with Vancho Cirovski for this expansion bid, with the duo setting a goal of launching a club time for the 2026 World Cup, though things could come sooner if the right pieces fall in place.
Cavalry Confirms Coaching Staff For 2022
Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC has announced its coaching staff for the 2022 CPL season. Fans already knew that head coach and general manager Tommy Wheeldon Jr. would be returning for his fourth season in charge at ATCO Field, with the 2019 CPL Coach of the Year routinely coming ever-so-close to landing the side its first ever North Star Shield.
Antoine Coupland Joins HNK Rijeka
Former Atletico Ottawa midfielder Antoine Coupland has signed with Croatian top flight side HNK Rijeka. The 18-year-old has already begun training and has even featured for the Rijeka youth team, describing the move as one that gives him plenty of opportunity to progress upwards through the club.
Luke Singh's Loan To Be Called Off
While Pacific FC had briefly announced the arrival of Luke Singh on a season-long loan as part of Lukas MacNaughton‘s transfer to TFC, the loan is now set to be officially called off. The news was first reported by Manuel Veth yesterday afternoon, with a club source now confirming that the brakes are being pumped on the move. Discussions between both clubs and the player himself have led to the loan’s termination.
Halifax Brings In Two Young Full-Backs
Canadian Premier League side Halifax Wanderers has added two young domestic full-backs to the club roster today. The east coast side has continued to lean further in on Quebec talent, signing both Zachary Fernandez and Obeng Tabi to one-year deals with club options for 2023 and 2024. Fernandez arrives as a 20-year-old right back who has featured against the Wanderers in the past, with the former AS Blainville defender having featured in a 2021 Canadian Championship clash between the two sides.
Halifax Add Former Rafa Benitez Assistant To Coaching Staff
The Halifax Wanderers have named Alejandro Dorado as the club’s new first team assistant coach ahead of the 2022 Canadian Premier League season. Dorado joins the Halifax Wanderers after most recently coaching with Chinese Super League side Dalian PRO, where he assisted Rafael Benitez throughout three seasons before filling in as an interim head coach following Rafael’s departure. Jose Gonzalez then took the helm at Dalian, bringing in his own technical staff to the province of Liaoning.
Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
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Opening Doors: Pa-Modou Kah On Representation
Pacific FC head coach Pa-Modou Kah may have ended the season with both a North Star Shield and the CPL’s Coach of the Year award, but his greatest accomplishment isn’t something material. Kah – a 41-year-old former Norwegian international with Gambian roots – wants to keep opening doors for people of colour in a manner that goes beyond just opportunities on the pitch. His achievements in 2021, he hopes, will go a long way to doing so.
Galan Slams CPL Head Office: 'They Don't Let Us Speak'
A recent interview with Jose Galan by Diario AS is sure to turn some heads. The veteran Valour FC midfielder, now 35, covers a lot of ground in the short chat, discussing age-ism in football and what might be next for him while unleashing a deep criticism of the CPL head office.
Kah On MLS Ambitions: 'Everything Is A Stepping Stone'
When Pacific FC head coach Pa-Modou Kah first arrived to the club, it had loosed its inaugural coach Michael Silberbauer at the tail end of the 2019 season with Club CEO Rob Friend revealing concerns about the character being shown on the field. It was Pa-Modou Kah’s first top flight head coaching stint, and he certainly rose to the occasion.
Kah: High-Flying Pacific FC Ready For 'Measuring Stick' Against Toronto FC
Tomorrow evening will see ninety minutes of action at BMO Field decide whether Toronto FC or Pacific FC will march on to the Canadian Championship Final, with the visitors from the west coast raring to go. The away team has already knocked out Major League Soccer competition en route to the semi-final, with the top-of-the-table CPL side running out 4-3 victors over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the preliminary round before dispatching Cavalry FC in the quarter-finals.
Cavalry Clinches Top Spot, Secures Playoff Position
Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC put forth a dominant win over Pacific FC to not only force its way back to the top of the league table, but become the first side to mathematically guarantee itself a playoff position, too.
Beckie Discloses Cardiac Incident, But Nearing Return
Atletico Ottawa defender Drew Beckie has released a statement clarifying that his ongoing absence in the matchday squad is related to a COVID-19 exposure that led to other health complications. The defender has been out of the matchday lineup for the expansion side’s last five games, with Atletico Ottawa simply stating he was out injured.
Canadian Premier League To Increase Required Domestic U-21 Minutes Next Year
The Canadian Premier League currently requires each club to give domestic U-21 players 1,500 minutes of gametime throughout the season, with that limit now expected to rise ahead of the 2022 CPL season. The 1,500 minute target had just gone up this season from a previous 1,000 minute requirement, which was pro-rated for last year’s shortened season schedule.
'The League Is Not Hearing Us': A Deep Dive Into The Pro-Union Stance Of Several CPL Players
The drive for the Canadian Premier League to recognize a players’ union has picked up a lot of momentum this year, and particularly last week: with the players putting on a unified pro-union front, the conversation about what these athletes both want and need is at the forefront of Canadian soccer discussions – though it’s a one-sided conversation thus far.
Canadian Striker Anthony Novak Takes A Stand - By Kneeling
Anthony Novak isn’t done kneeling. The Pickering, Ontario-born striker has been easy to spot in all of Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC’s matches this season: he’s the one taking a knee during the national anthem, a personal choice that we recently spoke with the striker about.
Top-Of-Table Valour Sinks Atletico Ottawa
The second meeting in the Winnipeg bubble between Atletico Ottawa and Valour FC saw the Winnipeg-based hosts secure their fifth win of the season out of six matches played. A penalty in the dying minutes of the game saw Moses Dyer convert from the spot, handing three points to Rob Gale’s side as the New Zealand international rose to the top of the league’s scoring charts for 2021. The match also saw Jonathan Siriois secure his fifth clean sheet for the side in just as many appearances.
York United Gets Green Light For Training
With the city of Vaughan now allowing four quadrants of ten participants on each city soccer field, York United has finally been permitted to begin preseason training – albeit in small groups as opposed to full team exercises. The club has utilized the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan, Ontario in the past, with the training pitches alongside York Lions Stadium still falling under tighter Toronto-based restrictions.
Cavalry Set To Announce New Strikers
It was just yesterday that Cavalry FC announced that it had mutually terminated its contract with Argentinian striker Matias Roskopf due to travel difficulties, but fans of the Alberta-based side shouldn’t keep their heads down: the club has already signed new attacking replacements.
Pacific Set For Preseason Test Against Whitecaps Today
Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps has announced that it will be hosting Pacific FC in a closed-door preseason scrimmage this afternoon. The BC-based MLS side confirmed the fixture after it announced its US-based preseason plans, which include matches against Real Monarchs, Chicago Fire, and Indy Eleven (who recently acquired Canadians Aboubacar Sissoko and Jordan Hamilton).
Guelph United Makes Inaugural Signing In Jace Kotsopoulos
New League1Ontario side Guelph United has announced its first player acquisition in former York United and Forge FC striker Jace Kotsopoulos. The prolific striker arrives as a name that should be familiar to fans of the domestic game, with Kotsopoulos having been selected by Forge FC in the first round of the 2018 CPL-U SPORTS Draft.
Whitecaps Reached Out To CPL Teams For Preseason Friendlies
All three Canadian Major League Soccer sides have found themselves in a tough spot this preseason: north of the border, it hasn’t been easy to piece together a preseason game plan that includes friendlies ahead of the MLS regular season.
Pacific FC Signs SFU Standout Matteo Polisi
West coast Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC has added 22-year-old attacking midfielder Matteo Polisi to its roster for the 2021 CPL season. Along with his brother Marcello, Matteo had hoped to be a part in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. With the draft having come and gone without including the youngster, he now pivots towards an opportunity in the Canadian Premier League.
Galan 'Getting The Coaching Bug', But Eager To Keep Playing
When it comes to leadership figures at Valour FC, veteran midfielder Jose Galan immediately comes to mind. The well-travelled athlete has played professional football in more countries than most people have travelled to, with his storied career allowing him to accumulate plenty of knowledge on the global game. Speaking with The Line Breaker, the 35-year-old discussed the idea of what he’ll do after he hangs up his boots, with Galan ultimately noting a number of possibilities.
Khabra Steps Down From Football
Former FC Edmonton and Atletico Ottawa midfielder Ajay Khabra is stepping away from the game to continue his education. The 25-year-old University of Alberta graduate had previously stated that when his competitive playing days were over, he’d return a focus to further education. After thirty appearances as a professional footballer in the Canadian Premier League, the Edmonton local is now putting that plan into action.
Isacco Touches On CPL Wages
Former York United assistant coach Carmine Isacco has touched on some of this month’s tough subjects, including Canadian Premier League domestic salaries, international player wages, and a potential imbalance that he says could see untapped domestic talent slip through the cracks. Isacco has never been afraid to speak what’s on his mind, and that consistently rang true again last night on the Futbol Weekly podcast.
Kruk: 'Our Players Are Not Golden Spoon Athletes'
This morning it was announced that PFA Canada is now officially a candidate member of FIFPRO, which means that the union aiming to collectively represent Canadian Premier League athletes is now a part of a global organization that oversees some 64 member unions and over 65,000 professional athletes.
Krutzen Returning To Canada Following Swedish Trials
Swedish news agency Kvallsposten is reporting that Forge FC defender Daniel Krutzen has finished his trial period in Sweden and is returning to Canada. The crucial Forge defender was revealed to be trialing with Swedish top flight side Orebro SK last week, with a report yesterday from the Kvallsposten revealing that he had then joined Helsingborgs IF on trial. The side were relegated from the top flight last season after spending two years in the Allsvenskan following promotion in 2018.
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