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    Calgary, Vancouver first teams announced in new women’s pro soccer league

    yyctimesBy yyctimesDecember 6, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    By Staff

    The Canadian Press

    Posted December 5, 2022 10:42 p.m

    A new professional women’s soccer league is coming to Canada.

    The Calgary Foothills Soccer Club announced Monday that it will be home to one of two foundation teams when the eight-team league begins in 2025.

    IT’S TIME

    We are delighted to announce that Calgary Foothills Soccer Club will join the first Canadian Women’s Professional League in 2025 🇨🇦

    Support the women’s game by following @FoothillsWFC/@Project8Sports and stay tuned for more updates! #It’s time pic.twitter.com/R4k2xeNmnA

    — Foothills WFC (@FoothillsWFC) December 6, 2022

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    The other foundation team belongs to the Vancouver Whitecaps. Homes for the six other teams are expected to be named in 2023.

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    The league will operate nationwide across two conferences, with four teams in each conference.

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    Diana Matheson, a former member of the Canadian women’s national soccer team, and her business partner Thomas Gilbert are launching the league under the banner of Project 8 Sports Inc.

    The Whitecaps say in a release that the league will be led “primarily by former national team players,” with gold medalists Christine Sinclair and Stephanie Labbe “contributing to the planning and development of the league.”

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    “The creation of this league is something we have championed for many years and to be a part of seeing it come to fruition is truly exciting,” Labbe, the Whitecaps’ general manager of women’s football, said in a statement said. “We look forward to working with stakeholders across the Canadian soccer environment to make this league successful.”


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