Wait... so Pacific United is leaving VMSL Prem and going to FVSL Prem?@Regs BC Tigers were Pacific United last season, and previously operated as CCB.
As for Guildford, they did just win the U-21 provincials, so I suspect they would look to promote players from there to backfill div1 instead of folding due to some players leaving.
Wait... so Pacific United is leaving VMSL Prem and going to FVSL Prem?
From what I "heard", BC Tigers owned the Pacific United spot and supplied players etc to the team but it was managed by someone else.
The BC Tigers decided this year they wanted full control over the spot and to run it.
However, whomever was running Pacific United challenged them and said it was not BC Tigers spot and that the management of Pacific United owned the spot.
Apparently there was some legal action underway to decide who owned the spot.
From what it looks like, the Tigers decided to give up on the cat fight, and got a spot in FVSL Premier instead.
This is what I know from the little I have heard.
You can't even make this stuff up...
As well, I was surprised we had Tigers in BC...
I don't know how BC Tigers got a spot in FVSL Premier right off the bat. They were only providing one or two players to that Pacific United team from what I know.
I mean it's not that hard to figure out. It's currently an 8 team league, of which only 4 teams were legitimately competitive last season. No doubt they would like to add teams to make it a 10 or 12 team league. They have already added a team in Surrey U but then lost West Van when they were no doubt looking to keep them and grow the league.
The FVSL also has a promotion connundrum given that the top 2 teams in DIv 1 cannot be promoted. So one would assume they are actively looking for teams who can compete in their top tier.
Add all that up and when you get an offshoot of a VMSL Premier team looking for spot it's pretty easy to see how the FVSL would give them a Prem spot.
Why did West Van pull out?
I am not sure where this rumor is coming from. The real news is that CCB and Guildford Fc merged the adult program. All of CCB adult teams are now called CCB Guildford FC. I was at Newton today and from what I see this team will be making a push for Prem.I heard a rumour today from one of the players that Guildford is folding the team. Can anyone confirm that? Supposedly some of the players are moving to BC Tigers in FVSL premier.