Episode 2007
Canadian Premier League
Mon, 2022-Oct-31 02:25 UTC
Length - 2:28
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The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; French: Première ligue canadienne) is a professional soccer league in Canada. At the top of the Canadian soccer league system, it is the country's primary national soccer league competition. The league consists of eight teams, from five of Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the CPL Finals.
The CPL champion and regular season winner earn berths in the CONCACAF Champions League, competing against teams from across North America, Central America and Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup. All CPL teams also play in the Canadian Championship against Canadian clubs from other leagues. Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship.
The league was officially sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association on May 6, 2017 and formally launched in 2019. The league's focus is to improve national soccer talent and the sport in Canada, with several rules in place to ensure this. These include a minimum quota of Canadian players on team rosters and starting line-ups, requirements for domestic under-21 players, and a Canadian university draft.
The CPL's first season included seven teams, while an eighth, Atlético Ottawa, joined for the second season in 2020. An expansion team based in Langley, British Columbia is scheduled to debut in 2023. The CPL is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:25 UTC on Monday, 31 October 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Canadian Premier League on Wikipedia.
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