Dave Feschuk: Canada’s first women’s pro soccer league is making progress. A rousing World Cup run would help
before retiring in 2021. More recently, Matheson has rebranded herself as one of the entrepreneurial spirits behind a Canadian women’s professional soccer league slated to kick off in 2025.“The longer Canada stays in the tournament, the more folks are talking about women’s soccer, it’s good for us,” Matheson said.— the working title of the eight-team league founded by Matheson and business partner Thomas Gilbert — there’s still plenty of work to be done.
If the new Canadian league even remotely follows the trajectory of the U.S.-based National Women’s Soccer League, the ground-floor investment could prove prescient. Matheson remembered that when the NWSL began a little more than a decade ago, the cash infusion required was measured in the hundreds of thousands.
But the picture has changed. For one, the NWSL has become cost prohibitive. For another, Matheson said that even if Canada could quickly wrangle one or two teams — and presuming the NWSL imposed a maximum number of Canadian players on each squad — the result would mean insufficient domestic opportunities for a country with the world’s third-largest player pool, Matheson said.
“Canadian teams operating in an American league is very North American, but it’s simply not the way global soccer works. It’s not how our sport works,” Matheson said. “The more time you spend thinking about it, a Canadian league is just exponentially more impactful.”
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Ashley Lawrence a critical piece in Canada’s Women's World Cup hopes | TSNAs Canada heads into the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as the reigning Olympic gold medalists, don’t be surprised if Ashley Lawrence is Canada’s best player.
Lire la suite »
CANADA: Rising star Jayde Riviere looks forward to second Women's World CupSeventh-ranked Canada opens Group B play July 20 against No. 40 Nigeria in Melbourne before taking on No. 22 Ireland on July 26 in Perth and No. 10 Australia on Aug. 31 back in Melbourne
Lire la suite »
CANADA: Rising star Jayde Riviere looks forward to second Women's World CupSeventh-ranked Canada opens Group B play July 20 against No. 40 Nigeria in Melbourne before taking on No. 22 Ireland on July 26 in Perth and No. 10 Australia on Aug. 31 back in Melbourne
Lire la suite »
Canada's Diana Matheson hopes World Cup will further raise profile of women’s gameA veteran of four World Cups as a player, Diana Matheson knows the platform that the women\u0027s soccer showcase presents.
Lire la suite »
Women's World Cup 2023: How Canada's roster has changed since the Tokyo OlympicsEverything you need to know about Canada's Women's World Cup roster, and how it's changed since the team's gold-medal triumph in 2020.
Lire la suite »
After cancer diagnosis, Canada’s Chenard returns to Women’s World CupFour years after she was supposed to referee her third World Cup, this time around she’s lining up as a video assistant referee
Lire la suite »