Canadian Premier League 2023 Regular Season Schedule Announced

Toronto, ON – – The Canadian Premier League today announced the regular season schedule, presented by WestJet, for its landmark fifth season in 2024, which will feature 112 games coast-to-coast as teams fight for the title of regular season champion.

The eight CPL teams will face off in 28 matches on a balanced schedule, playing 14 home games and 14 away. Each team will meet its seven opponents twice at home and twice on the road during the season.

Pacific FC, Atlético Ottawa, Forge FC and York United FC were previously announced as hosts for the League’s weekend opener slate, to be played between Friday April 14 and Sunday. April 16.

Valor FC will begin their home schedule on the league’s second weekend, when Phillip Dos Santos’ side host defending regular season champions Atlético Ottawa at IG Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba. . Saturday, April 22 at 6 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET.

The league’s third weekend will see a return home to the Wanderers Grounds for new head coach Patrice Gheisar’s squad, as the Halifax Wanderers host expansion side Vancouver FC on Saturday April 29 at 3 p.m. a.m. AT / 2 p.m. ET. Cavalry FC will also host their home opener this weekend, which hosts Valor at ATCO Field at Spruce Meadows on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. MT/5 p.m. ET.

Vancouver will conclude this year’s home opener slate on Sunday, May 7 at 4 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. ET, hosting the Cavalry in the CPL’s opener to be played at the club’s new stadium at Willoughby Community Park in Langley Events Center in Langley. , BEFORE CHRIST

Vancouver’s inaugural home game will mark an exciting day in Canadian soccer with the official opening of its new soccer-specific stadium, a key part of the continued growth of professional gaming and sport nationally.

The 2023 regular season, the fifth in LPC history, will end the weekend of Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7. The 2023 League playoff schedule will be announced prior to the start of the regular season. Check out the full regular season schedule here.

This season will mark the second year the League has officially recognized a regular season champion. CPL commissioner Mark Noonan has announced plans to honor the top team during the League’s 28-game regular season schedule in September 2022. The club that will finish in first place after those 28 league games will be crowned the regular season champion and will earn a financial reward of equal value. to the reward for winning the playoff championship. A new trophy honoring the CPL Regular Season Champion will be introduced this year.

The 2023 regular season champion will also earn one of the CPL’s two spots in Concacaf’s new expanded Champions League, with the other League spot going to their playoff champion. The Concacaf Champions League, which will now feature 27 clubs and more than 50 matches, will start in 2024.

The Canadian Premier League season will be broadcast on the dedicated soccer channel OneSoccer, available to all Canadian homes through OneSoccer.ca, via Roku, Chromecast and Apple TV devices and with the OneSoccer app for iOS and Android devices. OneSoccer is also available to over one million Western Canadians as a linear channel on Optik TV (Ch.980), the pay-TV service operated by Telus, one of the “big three” telecommunications companies from Canada, as well as on the fuboTV streaming service. Canada, where it sits alongside a range of other premium sports offerings, including English Premier League and Serie A channels. The 2023 season will also be available to fans overseas via Fox Sports in the US as well only through other selected broadcasters globally and globally through the OneSoccer website and app.