Save the date: May 4, 2019. That’s the day Valour FC will play their inaugural home game against FC Edmonton, according to the schedule release from the Canadian Premier League (CPL) The CPL finally released its schedule to the public this week. Valour FC will play 14 home and 14 away games in its first season, with all home games at Investors Group Field (IGF). The first ever game for Valour FC is May 1st when they head to Victoria to play Pacific FC. What is unique about the schedule format is its split into two seasons, a spring season and fall season. The spring season will end with a Canada Day home battle with York 9 FC. The fall season starts on the road with a clash against FC Edmonton on July 17th. Valour’s first home game of the […]
Christmas Wish List
As they say, tis the season as the holidays are in the air. With just over four months until Valour FC’s first season in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), we are waiting like kids at the Christmas tree for the first kick off. With recent player signings and the U-Sports draft in the books, the picture is starting to become more apparent with what our team will look like. As the stockings are being hung by the chimney with care, here are some things we wish for in the inaugural Valour FC season. Signing an overseas well known International With the CPL now in play, the potential is there for top Canadian internationals to potentially come home. Just dreaming of the likes of Ian Hume, Milan Borjan, suiting up for a CPL club is mouth-watering. While it is more likely […]
Building Relationships
On May 6th, the Canadian Premier League (CPL) was officially approved by the Canadian Soccer Association, with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Hamilton Tiger-cats of the Canadian Football League owning the teams first two chartered members. This only got Winnipeg fans more excited as River City will once again be the home to top notch professional soccer. As part of these exciting times and build relationships with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Red River Rising (RRR) reached out to them and contacted them. The Blue Bombers Vice President of Business Operations Kelly Kowalchuk replied back. From there, it was pinning down a day, time, and place. After much back and forth, we confirmed a meeting June 19th at the University of Winnipeg Garbonzos location. One key thing that we as a supporters group discussed was ideas we were looking for in a team and game day experience. Generally, RRR wants this […]
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