Vaughan, ON – Ontario Soccer announced today a milestone partnership that will see professional soccer in Ontario uniting to support the promotion and development of the game in the province. Expanding on its existing relationship with two of the foremost leaders of the professional game in Canada, both Major League Soccer Pro-Club Toronto FC (TFC) and the Canadian Premier League (CPL), on behalf of its Ontario-based member Clubs: Forge FC, York United FC and Atlético Ottawa, are now Premier Partners of Ontario Soccer. TFC and CPL will also become the co-presenting partners of the Ontario Player Development League (OPDL), which will officially enter its eighth season this weekend, as games kick-off in venues across the Province on May 7th, 2022. The OPDL, owned and operated by Ontario Soccer, is the province’s premier youth high performance program and the foundation of Ontario Soccer’s Talented Pathway. The OPDL was created to provide opportunities for the top players, coaches and match officials in the province to develop and advance to higher levels of the game. Since its inception in 2014, the OPDL has grown to encompass 29 License Holder Clubs from Ottawa in the East to Windsor in the West, and is currently developing 3,000+ male and female athletes from U13 to U17. Both TFC and CPL are vital aspirational destinations along the Talented Pathway:
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- TFC through its TFC Academy is a pinnacle Club soccer destination for aspiring professional male soccer players in our province.
- The CPL as Canada’s top-tier men’s domestic professional league, represented in Ontario by its member Clubs Forge FC, York United FC and Atlético Ottawa, provides important development opportunities for over 150 Canadian players, many of whom have come from Ontario.
- In addition, the League1 Ontario property, owned by Canadian Soccer Business, provides an essential launchpad for progression to the professional level for aspiring male and female soccer players in Ontario.
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