CSB Bails Out League Uno BC

[Regs]

CANADIAN SOCCER BUSINESS ACQUIRES LEAGUE1 BC FROM BC SOCCER

League1 BC joins League1 Ontario as second Division III Pro-Am Men’s & Women’s League owned and operated by CSB Toronto, ON – (December 1, 2023) – Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) today announced the acquisition of League1 BC from BC Soccer, effective immediately. The launch of League1 BC,

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This League has been eventful I guess you could say?

 

[Regs]

“We are proud to have developed and introduced League1 BC into the soccer landscape of British Columbia and Canada,” said Jason Elligott, Executive Director, BC Soccer. “Introducing this level of play helped fill a gap in the pathway. We are thankful for the support CSB provided BC Soccer as the league was introduced and we will continue to be here to support the league as the operations shift out of the BC Soccer offices.”

I thought he quit?

 

[dezza]

I thought he quit?

Think he stays on to "help them transition." Starts the new gig in January or something

 

[dezza]

CANADIAN SOCCER BUSINESS ACQUIRES LEAGUE1 BC FROM BC SOCCER

League1 BC joins League1 Ontario as second Division III Pro-Am Men’s & Women’s League owned and operated by CSB Toronto, ON – (December 1, 2023) – Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) today announced the acquisition of League1 BC from BC Soccer, effective immediately. The launch of League1 BC,

cansb.ca

This League has been eventful I guess you could say?

I think this was always an inevitability. CSB wants to control the pyramid. They will eventually operate all the L1s across Canada and introduce a tier 2 level in between L1 and CPL

 

[utah]

Good BC Soccer did a shyte job with this league. It will only get better.

 

[Spankmemanky]

Think he stays on to "help them transition." Starts the new gig in January or something

He was a fcuking cancer ….hopefully BCSA stops the rest of the rot

 

[dezza]

Not quite L1BC, but a close cousin in a total shambles. Rumor is these guys dropped $750k on their 1st season and never recovered.

‘It started with so much hype and so much promise’: Players react to demise of Electric City FC

Electric City FC players feel like they were sold on a promise that was never delivered on. Players were shocked to find out about the demise of Electric City FC (ECFC) through a social media post by League1 Ontario on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com

 

[utah]

Sounds like Tigers...

 

[Regs]

Job opportunity alert:

 

[dezza]

Possible new team announcement as early as tomorrow

 

[Canucks4Ever]

So Unity now moving operations to Surrey United.

Also I don't believe this was the announcement to which @dezza was alluding.

Slowly but surely it appears the youth clubs are working their way into the L1BC set up.

Will be interested to see if this helps the Pro-Am model and brings more money to the league set up. Or if it just waters down the product and slowly L1BC becomes just a glorified summer league.

 

[dezza]

Nah this is not the announcement... the 8th team is going to be Burnaby FC, playing out of BBY Lake.

regarding what happens to the product... L1O got so watered down they recently went to a 3 tier format:

L1O Premier
L1O Championship
L2O

 

[Spankmemanky]

We need new blood and new ideas…& a legitimate pathway out of the mediocrity that playing in BC entails.

This is just another version of what they did at youth with Metro/HPL/BCSPL or whatever it is now….everyone wants their slice to sell to their members that they have “the pathway”

When it reality the path will changes at the whims of the aggrieved or the dicktators that want something different in a few years time

 

[oranje]

Here's the Burnaby FC announcement:

 

[utah]

Good luck Burnaby...

 

[SoccerDaD14]

Wow....hearing that Victoria Highlanders have folded....given up their spot in the Canadian Championships!. Apparently the new owners of League one BC have told all member clubs that they may no longer have sponsors? They have also told the teams that players in League 1 BC are not to play in adult nationals, or risk being banned from League one? Sounds like a shitty idea for a league that operates 3 months of the year. What are the players to do for the other 9 months..Beginning of the end?

 

[Spankmemanky]

Sounds about right for the monkeys running the zoo

 

[dezza]

Confirmed.