91-616: York United FC Academy is the youth academy and development system of Canadian Premier League club York United FC , which competes in the League1 Ontario Championship . In September 2022, the club had announced a partnership with the United Football Academy (the relationship no longer exists as of 2023). In 2023, the club announced a partnership with League1 Ontario club Alliance United FC , allowing York to send down players to Alliance to play in some matches with
182-533: A 1–1 draw. Ryan Telfer of York9 FC scored the first goal in Canadian Premier League history in the third minute of the inaugural match. In advance of the 2019 Finals , the league's trophy was unveiled. The North Star Shield is a crystal shield engraved with the logo of the Canadian Premier League. The inaugural season finished on November 2, 2019, when Forge FC became the first Canadian Premier League Champions, defeating Cavalry FC 2–0 over two legs in
273-497: A 27–24 overtime victory in week 14 keeping the declawed Tiger-Cats from having an imperfect season. Native Hamiltonian Bob Young has owned the Tiger-Cats since 2004, and although the team had a resurgence in home attendance, corporate sponsorship plus a brand new "Tiger Vision" scoreboard at Ivor Wynne stadium, it struggled with its on-field performance. Last place finishes both in 2005 (5–13) and 2006 (4–14), resulted in an overhaul of
364-641: A 2–0 victory over HFX Wanderers. The 2021 season did not begin until June 26 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, each team was able to play a full schedule of 28 matches. The season culminated with Pacific FC defeating Forge FC 1–0 in the 2021 Final , held in December. On November 21, 2022, the Canadian Premier League announced that FC Edmonton would be removed from the league, effective immediately. The league commissioner cited poor on-field performance as well as low attendance and an outdated stadium as reasons for
455-471: A CPL spokesperson confirmed that LSSE's exclusivity to Saskatchewan had lapsed. On January 10, 2022, the CPL announced that commissioner David Clanachan had stepped down and was awarded exclusive expansion rights for Windsor, Ontario . In June 2022, it was revealed that Clanachan had partnered with Windsor City FC owner Vancho Cirovski, setting a launch date goal of 2026. The pair had targeted Windsor Stadium as
546-715: A Canadian who was also the first employee of Toronto FC , was hired as project manager for the new league. On May 6, 2017, the creation of the league was unanimously approved and sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association. Ownership groups in Winnipeg and Hamilton were also approved. On May 5, 2018, the Canadian Soccer Association accepted club memberships for Halifax , York Region , Calgary , and "Port City" (later confirmed to be based in Greater Victoria , rather than Surrey as speculated). The unveiling of
637-719: A decade-long drought, the Hamilton Tigers won the Grey Cup championship game in 1928, 1929 and 1932. The 1941 season saw the Tigers suspend play for the remainder of World War II. The Hamilton Tigers folded, largely because a number of players had gone into the armed services. It is believed by some that the failure of the Tigers is what caused the IRFU to be dissolved, and the Eastern Rugby Football Union (ERFU) to be formed. Because of
728-624: A mile in 1981 with an 11–4–1 record under head coach Frank Kush , but were stunned by the Ottawa Rough Riders , who finished a distant second at 5–11, in the East final. The Tabbies' defence was very stout, talented and hungry that decade, led by standouts Grover Covington , Ben Zambiasi , Howard Fields and Mitchell Price . They were complemented very well on offence with quarterbacks Tom Clements and Mike Kerrigan throwing to Rocky DiPietro and Tony Champion leading to three straight trips to
819-461: A new team. Also in 2022, the CPL began considering a "serious expansion bid" for Kelowna that includes a multi-use development proposal for a stadium site at the city's Recreation Avenue Park. It had been speculated that then-existing USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC would join the league for its 2019 or 2020 season; speculation fuelled by the Fury's acquisitions of Canadian players prior to
910-465: A pair of Grey Cup matchups. Corus Radio Hamilton was the official radio broadcast rights holder for the Tiger-Cats and had been the official voice for CFL football in the Greater Hamilton Area for over 40 years. AM900 CHML , together with sister station CJXY-FM, offered coverage of all Tiger-Cats games, including pre-season games. Hamilton Tiger-Cats games broadcast on CHML were anchored by
1001-526: A post-game show on TSN 1150 Hamilton. Ferguson was promoted to lead play-by-play announcer in 2016. Select Tiger-Cats games are simulcast on CKTB in St. Catharines (also owned by Bell Media) to extend the Tiger-Cats radio network listenership towards the Niagara region (CHML's coverage pattern already covered Niagara, whereas CKOC's is pointed more toward Toronto and does not cover Niagara as well). Bell Media announced it
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#17328729625071092-411: A potential home for the club. In October 2022, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens committed to supporting a new sports turf facility at McHugh Park to host a potential team; the city later allocated CA$ 3 million for turf upgrades at the park in its 2024 capital budget. Two trophies are awarded to teams at the end of a Canadian Premier League season. The North Star Cup (originally North Star Shield)
1183-596: A professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Field . The club traces its origins back to 1869 to the founding of Hamilton Football Club which adopted the nickname “tigers” a few years after its founding (although it had been informally called
1274-686: A room above George Lee's Fruit Store, when the Hamilton Football Club was formed. The Hamilton football club played their first game on December 18, 1869 against the 13th Battalion (now Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ). In 1872, the Hamilton Football club began play at the Hamilton AAA Grounds and they became officially known as the Tigers in 1873. Due to clubs colours, they were informally referred to as “the tigers” since their first game years before. The Hamilton Tigers began play in
1365-430: A single season format with expanded playoffs. The Canadian Premier League regular season runs from April to October. Each team plays 28 games, including 14 at home and 14 away games. Since 2023, the top five teams in the regular season qualify for the playoffs to determine which two teams play in the final. On multiple occasions, then league commissioner David Clanachan stated his goal of having promotion and relegation in
1456-639: A size of 23 players, although up to 9 players can be signed to a team's developmental roster. Given the limit, most teams opt to carry only two goalkeepers, however, teams may sign an emergency goalkeeper, who does not count to the roster limit, when necessary. The CPL and U Sports hold an annual draft for university players. Drafted student-athletes are able to play for CPL teams in the spring and summer, and return to their university team by August 15, thereby preserving their eligibility. The first CPL–U Sports Draft took place in Vancouver on November 12, 2018, after
1547-563: A sound financial level. Consequently, the Tigers absorbed the Wildcats in 1950 to form the Hamilton Tiger-Cats that would compete in the IRFU. Under the guidance of prominent and distinguished local leaders such as Ralph "Super-Duper" Cooper and F.M. Gibson, it was decided that the two teams should merge as one that would represent Hamilton. Cooper was named team president and Carl Voyles served as head coach and general manager. A contest
1638-663: A spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup competing against teams from across North America, Central America and Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup . As of 2024, no team has yet won a CPL double ; Forge FC were CPL champions in four of the league's first six seasons but failed to win the championship in 2021 or 2024 , the only seasons to date they topped the regular season standings. While Cavalry FC have two CPL Shields and one North Star Cup, none of these championships have overlapped. No CPL team has won
1729-470: Is Prairieland Park in Saskatoon . The team was targeting a debut of 2023 at the earliest. As of April 2021, plans called for the former horse-racing grandstand at the park to anchor the north, shorter, end of the soccer pitch, with new stands facing its other sides. On September 5, 2023, LSSE and Prairieland Park Corporation announced that they had ended their efforts to bring a CPL team to Saskatoon, while
1820-400: Is given to the playoff champion and has been awarded since the league's inception. The CPL Shield was first revealed in 2023 and is won by the team that earns the most points during the regular season. An award for the regular season winner was announced during the 2022 CPL season and will be awarded retroactively for previous seasons. In addition to equal cash prizes, both trophy winners earn
1911-428: Is one pair of rivalries between teams in the same province: the 905 Derby between Forge FC and York United FC, named after the area code shared by both teams. Matches between Pacific FC and HFX Wanderers FC require the third-longest away trips of any domestic professional soccer league in the world, with the two teams separated by 4,476 kilometres (2,781 mi). The 905 Derby, between Forge FC and York United FC,
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#17328729625072002-403: Is the shortest distance between two clubs in the CPL at 80 kilometres (50 mi). Notes * indicates championship winning season As CPL commissioner, David Clanachan expressed on numerous occasions the league's plans to expand gradually up to 16 clubs by 2026. He also stated that the biggest issue for potential expansion teams is lack of facilities. Clanachan mentioned that the league
2093-510: Is to improve national soccer talent and the sport in Canada, with several rules in place to ensure this. These include a minimum quota of Canadian players on team rosters and starting line-ups, requirements for domestic under-21 players, and a Canadian university draft . The CPL's first season included seven teams, while an eighth, Atlético Ottawa , joined for the second season in 2020. Vancouver FC debuted in 2023, while FC Edmonton folded before
2184-558: The Canadian Championship , with Forge FC getting closest as runners-up in the 2020 tournament held during the COVID-19 pandemic and in which the Canadian Premier League was guaranteed a finalist. While a domestic treble is possible for both MLS and CPL teams, the sole Canadian treble to date was achieved by MLS -based Toronto FC in 2017 when the club won the Canadian Championship , MLS Supporters Shield and MLS Cup . In April 2018, commissioner David Clanachan said that
2275-548: The Canadian soccer league system , it is the country's primary national soccer league competition. The league consists of eight teams, from five of Canada's ten provinces . Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the CPL Finals . The CPL champion and regular season winner earn berths in the CONCACAF Champions Cup , competing against teams from across North America, Central America and
2366-468: The Langley Events Centre . On November 2, 2022, the club announced its name as Vancouver FC along with a crest and team colours. On March 12, 2021, the CPL conditionally awarded an expansion club to Living Sky Sports and Entertainment Inc. (LSSE), a Saskatchewan-based company. The expansion was dependent on LSSE delivering a soccer-specific stadium , and the preferred location for that stadium
2457-751: The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) in 1883 and won their first Canadian Dominion Football Championship in 1906 when the Tigers beat McGill University 29–3. The Tigers continued in the ORFU until 1907, when the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) was formed. The IRFU later became known as the Big Four and eventually, the BIg Four became the Eastern conference of the modern CFL in
2548-791: The USL Championship , while the L1O and PLSQ were created as provincial-level leagues. A new version of the Canadian Soccer League was briefly sanctioned as a third-division semi-pro league by the CSA from 2010 to 2013, losing the sanction after the CSA board of directors adopted a new soccer structure in Canada. A new fully professional Canadian soccer league was first publicly reported in June 2013. The reports suggested that Hamilton Tiger-Cats owner Bob Young
2639-509: The University of Toledo and Ian Sunter , an 18-year-old kicker who booted the deciding field goal that gave Hamilton the cup on their home turf. During this era, the Tiger-Cats also became (and remain to this day) the only Canadian team to have ever defeated a current National Football League team; on August 8, 1961, they defeated the Buffalo Bills by a score of 38–21 (at the time, Buffalo
2730-527: The announcers team of Rick Zamperin, John Salavantis , and Matt Holmes. Zamperin, CHML's sports director, became the play-by-play announcer in 2007 after six seasons as sideline reporter. Colour commentator John Salavantis was a former football coach with the Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Machine , and the Ottawa University Braves . CHML's Matt Holmes was the pre-game show host and sideline reporter. The post-game show, The Fifth Quarter ,
2821-405: The 1890s that Hamilton failed to win a national championship. On August 31, 2011, the Tiger-Cats announced plans to close Ivor Wynne Stadium at the end of the 2012 season and begin play in the long planned Pan American Stadium in 2014. Throughout the 2013 season, they played their home games at Guelph University's stadium because the new stadium was still under construction. On November 24, 2013,
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2912-715: The 1950s. The Tigers faced stiff local competition with the ORFU's Hamilton Alerts who, in 1912 , won the City of Hamilton its first Grey Cup , the trophy that was now awarded to the Canadian Dominion Football Champions, by beating the Toronto Argonauts 11–4. In the following season (1913), the Tigers won their first of five Grey Cups when they beat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club by the lopsided margin of 44–2. The Alerts were refused entry into
3003-556: The 1986 Grey Cup by beating the Edmonton Eskimos 39–15; Ballard said it was worth every penny. Hamilton businessman David Braley bought the team on February 24, 1989, and he eventually sold the team to a community-based group in 1992 due to continued poor attendance figures (Braley later bought the B.C. Lions in 1997 and the Toronto Argonauts in 2010). Hamilton returned to the Grey Cup in 1989 (making their fifth appearance in
3094-648: The 2018 season. While the club remained in the USL for 2019, two of the three governing bodies of the USL (United States Soccer Federation and CONCACAF) refused to sanction the Canadian club to continue play in the US league, and the club ceased operations in November 2019. In January 2020, there had been many reports of an Ottawa -based team owned by Atlético Madrid being formed for the 2020 season. These reports were later confirmed when
3185-575: The 2024 season when CHML suddenly closed on August 14, 2024. Affiliates also include CJOY /1460, & CKGL /570. Receivers Running backs Fullbacks Defensive linemen Defensive backs Special teams 6-game injured Suspended Head Coach Offensive Coaches Defensive Coaches Special Teams Coaches Strength and Conditioning → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs The Tiger-Cats have retired two jersey numbers in their franchise history, Bernie Faloney in 1999 and Angelo Mosca in 2015. T.C. and Stripes are
3276-533: The CPL announced Atlético Ottawa as the league's first expansion team on January 29, 2020. On November 10, 2021, the CPL awarded an expansion club in Vancouver to SixFive Sports and Entertainment LP to begin play in 2023. On April 13, 2022, the CPL and SixFive Sports and Entertainment LP announced that the club would begin playing in Langley, British Columbia at the Willoughby Community Park adjacent to
3367-543: The CPL announced that it would hold a series of open tryouts in eight cities across Canada for players age 16 and older. The tryouts were led by Alex Bunbury and took place in front of CPL coaching staff from all teams. On September 28, 2018, Italian sportswear company Macron was announced as the official apparel supplier of the CPL. Macron supplies training gear and custom made kits for each CPL team. The CPL's inaugural match between Forge FC and York9 FC took place at Tim Hortons Field on April 27, 2019, and resulted in
3458-646: The CPL, having been members of the North American Soccer League , and also having competed in the Canadian Championship seven times before joining the league. The league expanded to eight teams with the addition of Atlético Ottawa in 2020. For 2023, Vancouver FC was added as an expansion club, while FC Edmonton was dissolved, keeping the league at eight clubs. The province of Ontario has three teams, British Columbia has two clubs, while Alberta , Manitoba and Nova Scotia each have one. There
3549-518: The Canadian Premier League and that the Hamilton team was expected to be the flagship franchise. Further details were expected following the Canadian Soccer Association's annual meeting in May 2016. Reports in June 2016 indicated that the Canadian Premier League would avoid current Major League Soccer markets. On November 14, the first official employee of the Canadian Premier League was announced. Paul Beirne ,
3640-473: The Canadian soccer league system as more teams join the league. All Canadian Premier League teams also participate in Canada's domestic cup competition – the Canadian Championship . CPL teams compete against Canadian teams in Major League Soccer and Tier 3 league champions for a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup . Since 2023, the CPL regular season and playoff champion have also qualified for
3731-611: The Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup . All CPL teams also play in the Canadian Championship , alongside Canadian clubs from other leagues. Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship. The league was officially sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association on May 6, 2017, and has played an annual season since 2019. The league's focus
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3822-603: The Champions Cup. From 2019 to 2022, one CPL club participated in the CONCACAF League and competed against teams from Central America and the Caribbean for one of six spots in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. For the 2019 edition only, this slot was granted to one of the league's 'inaugural teams' ( FC Edmonton , Forge FC , or Valour FC ) based on their home and away matches in the 2019 spring season . In all other editions,
3913-457: The East semifinal 24–22 to Winnipeg. In 2001, Hamilton finished 11–7, and lost to Winnipeg in the playoffs for a second straight season, 28–13. In 2002, Hamilton finished 7–11 and missed the playoffs. The team reached their lowest ebb in 2003, having not only a franchise-worst season, but the worst record in CFL history, finishing 1–17 (and losing the most games in the CFL's 18-game schedule), with only
4004-771: The Finals. Forge midfielder Tristan Borges was named the first CPL Player of the Year. On January 29, 2020, Atlético Ottawa was confirmed to be the first CPL expansion team, joining for the 2020 season. The 2020 season, set to start on April 11, was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On July 29, it was announced that the entire 2020 season would be played in Charlottetown beginning August 13. The shortened 2020 season, known as "The Island Games" ended on September 19 when Forge FC won their second Canadian Premier League title in
4095-471: The Grey Cup game in the 1980s), but were on the losing end of a 43–40 thriller to Saskatchewan . The 1990s began on a sour note for the team, missing the playoffs for the first time in back-to-back years under the Tiger-Cats banner. By 1994, the team was in grave jeopardy; with the Buffalo Bills then in the midst of their run of four consecutive Super Bowl appearances and the Toronto Argonauts contending for
4186-467: The Grey Cup in 1984, 1985 and 1986, the latter resulting in winning the title over the Edmonton Eskimos by a score of 39–15. In 1986, Ballard publicly called the Tiger-Cats a bunch of overpaid losers. After the Tiger-Cats beat the Toronto Argonauts in the 1986 Eastern Final, Ballard said "You guys may still be overpaid, but after today, no one can call you losers." A few days later, the Tiger-Cats won
4277-558: The Grey Cup, almost all of the football attention in the Hamilton area had been sucked toward those two teams and away from the Tiger-Cats. Fewer than 6,000 season tickets were sold, prompting a threat from the CFL Commissioner Larry Smith to revoke the franchise if they did not both double the ticket sales for 1995 and raise CA$ 1 million in corporate sponsorship. Both thresholds were met and exceeded. The 1990s were marked by financial instability, and constant struggles on
4368-467: The Hamilton Flying Wildcats and Hamilton Alerts with one each). However, the CFL does not recognize these wins under one franchise, rather as the individual franchises that won them. If one includes their historical lineage, Hamilton football clubs won league championships in every decade of the 20th century. In their first 40 years after absorbing the Wildcats, the Tiger-Cats qualified for
4459-603: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45–23 in the 101st Grey Cup at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field . The game had star appeal as actor Tom Hanks attended with comedian Martin Short , a Hamilton native. Early in the third quarter, Hanks was shown replacing a Ti-cats toque with a Riders hat, drawing a loud roar from the crowd. After construction of the new stadium fell behind schedule in 2014,
4550-713: The IRFU and the Hamilton Tigers resumed play while the Wildcats (no longer known as the Flying Wildcats) continued on in the ORFU. In 1948 the Hamilton Wildcats joined the IRFU to replace the Tigers who joined the Ontario Rugby Football Union. The Tigers and Wildcats switch of unions only lasted two years (1948–49) as both clubs struggled. At this time, the Tigers and Wildcats competed for fans, talent and bragging rights so vehemently that neither team could operate on
4641-502: The ORFU in 1913 with many of its players opting to join the Tigers, while the Alerts gradually faded from existence. The Alerts gave way to a team under the name Hamilton Rowing Club from 1913 to 1915, who also played in the ORFU. In 1914, the Alerts were absorbed by the Hamilton Tigers and the football club continued playing under the name "Tigers". In 1915, in the final pre-war season, the Hamilton Tigers won their second Grey Cup. After over
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#17328729625074732-459: The Steel City. Beginning in 1957 under coach Jim Trimble (who left the team after the 1962 season), the Tiger-Cats played in every national final through 1967, except for those of 1960 and 1966, winning 4 Cups (1957, 1963, 1965 and 1967). The Cats' 1972 Grey Cup win, 13–10 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders , was led by two sensational rookies, Chuck Ealey who had an outstanding college career at
4823-601: The Tigers since its first game). In 1950, the Tigers absorbed the cross-town upstart Hamilton Wildcats largely to eliminate the gate competition from the underfunded Wildcats. The Tigers adopted the name "Tiger-Cats". Since 1950, the team has won the Grey Cup championship eight times, most recently in 1999 . The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club recognizes all Grey Cups won by Hamilton-based teams as part of their history, bringing their win total to 15 (the Hamilton Tigers with five,
4914-555: The University of Toronto where the Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Football Club by a Goal and a Try to Nil. The biggest event of the rivalry is the annual Labour Day Classic , first held in 1948, with Hamilton holding a 31-15 lead. Hamilton has hosted the match almost continuously since 1996 , with a rematch held the following week in Toronto. There have been 17 playoff match-ups between
5005-462: The absence of the Tigers, a new club called the Hamilton Wildcats were formed to play in the ORFU in 1941. The Wildcats were given permission to use players from the Hamilton Tigers, but not the traditional black and yellow colors of the Tigers. In 1943, the Hamilton Flying Wildcats, stocked with Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, won the 31st Grey Cup . Things returned to normal in 1945 when
5096-432: The berth was awarded to the previous year's playoff champion. Forge FC represented the CPL in CONCACAF League on three occasions. In the 2021 CONCACAF League, Forge advanced to the semi-finals of the competition to qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League , becoming the first CPL club to do so. Eight clubs compete in the Canadian Premier League. Seven clubs competed in the inaugural season. Only FC Edmonton predated
5187-444: The cap (up to $ 200,000 total). There is also a separate salary cap for coaches and technical staff. The league also has several other rules to give Canadian players more opportunities. This includes a minimum of six Canadian starters per game and a limit of seven foreign nationals per team. Additionally, three of the domestic players must be under the age of 21 and play at least 2,000 combined minutes per season. Rosters are limited to
5278-508: The club on October 7, 2003. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario , and graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto . His fortune was earned in the software industry and he is currently the owner and CEO of Lulu , a self-publishing website. As of 2011 , the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Executive Committee consists of five people: Bob Young, Caretaker; Scott Mitchell, CEO; Doug Rye, Executive Vice President; President and COO Matt Afinec; and Vice Chairman Glenn Gibson. On January 2, 2022,
5369-540: The club reorganized its ownership under the newly announced Hamilton Sports Group, an entity that will also own Forge FC and the master licence for Tim Hortons Field . Bob Young continues to serve as chairman and the largest shareholder while also welcoming new investment from Hamilton-based steel company Stelco (represented by its chairman and CEO Alan Kestenbaum), club CEO Scott Mitchell, and Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson . The history of Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club can be traced back to November 3, 1869 in
5460-440: The club. In November 2024, it was announced that York United FC acquired a license to enter a club in the League1 Ontario Championship , the second tier of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system . The team's roster will consist of amateur U20 players, along with a maximum of three domestic U23 players, and per league rules the team will be allowed to have up to three first team players loaned to
5551-403: The coaching staff for 2007. The moves still did not immediately help, as the team continued to lag in last place in 2007 and 2008 despite numerous apparent upgrades. In 2009, their fortunes turned around when they finished in second place in the East, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in several years. However, they failed to win the Grey Cup, marking the 2000s as the first decade since
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#17328729625075642-579: The conclusion of the U Sports men's soccer championship . The Professional Footballers Association of Canada (PFA Canada) is the union representing CPL players. Following a members vote, PFA Canada was formally recognized by the league on December 20, 2022. The Canadian Premier League has used a mix of existing, built for purpose, and upgraded stadiums, many of which are shared with other teams. Princess Auto Stadium (Valour FC), TD Place Stadium (Atlético Ottawa), and Tim Hortons Field (Forge FC) were existing Canadian Football League stadiums, and have
5733-412: The field. Quarterback was a weak spot for the Ti-Cats, as the first half of the decade had names like Don McPherson , Damon Allen , Timm Rosenbach , Matt Dunigan , Lee Saltz and Todd Dillon taking their turns at the pivot. Despite the excellent play of Eastern All-Star Earl Winfield rewriting the team's record books for pass catching, Hamilton struggled to attract crowds to Ivor Wynne Stadium . It
5824-485: The first team, York9 FC , took place on May 10. This was followed by Calgary-based Cavalry FC on May 17, 2018, Halifax's HFX Wanderers FC on May 25, Valour FC in Winnipeg on June 6, and the rebranded former NASL side FC Edmonton on June 8. After a break from announcements to accommodate the 2018 FIFA World Cup , Hamilton's Forge FC was next unveiled on July 12, followed by Pacific FC of Langford in Greater Victoria on July 20. On August 27, 2018,
5915-416: The largest capacities in the CPL. York Lions Stadium (York United FC) and Starlight Stadium (Pacific FC) are both pre-existing stadiums that were upgraded in capacity before the 2019 season. ATCO Field (Cavalry FC) and Wanderers Grounds (HFX Wanderers FC) were new stadiums in 2019, built at pre-existing venues. On February 20, 2019, it was announced that Mediapro had acquired the broadcast rights to
6006-478: The league across Ireland and the United Kingdom. In January 2024, the broadcast agreement between the CPL and Mediapro was terminated with five years remaining in the 10-year deal due to a dispute. Despite this, Mediapro's OneSoccer continued to broadcast the CPL in 2024 under a new agreement. The 2024 Canadian Premier League final will be broadcast and streamed on CBC's platforms in addition to OneSoccer. Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are
6097-414: The league as part of a ten year agreement. A streaming service established in 2019, OneSoccer , carries all of the league's matches, including the Canadian Championship . Twenty games throughout the inaugural season were also available through CBC Sports , ten of which were on broadcast television, and all 20 on CBC Gem and the CBC website. CBC extended the deal with two games every Saturday during
6188-418: The league emerged again when Young spoke to Hamilton City Council requesting permission to erect an air-dome over the Tim Hortons Field playing surface between December 1 and April 30 yearly to allow for year-round training for a professional soccer team owned by the Tiger-Cats that would call the stadium home. During questions by the elected council members, it was revealed that the name of the league would be
6279-527: The league for over a year, Beirne took on the role of managing the day-to-day league operations. On January 31, the Canadian Premier League named James Easton , a former Canadian international , as vice-president of Soccer Operations. On September 19, 2019, Clanachan announced that Beirne would step down as president of the CPL at the end of the 2019 season in October. On January 10, 2022, David Clanachan resigned from his position as league commissioner. On August 25, 2022, American sports executive Mark Noonan
6370-418: The league was looking at implementing a club-based structure for the Canadian Premier League, rather than a franchise-based system like in Major League Soccer. On January 10, 2018, David Clanachan, former president and chief operating officer of Tim Hortons , was named as the first commissioner of the league. On January 24, he announced that Paul Beirne had been named president. Having already worked with
6461-475: The league's second season, while CHCH also picked-up the rights for one game every Sunday. In August 2020, Fox Sports became the CPL's first American broadcast partner. The season was also aired by StarTimes in Sub-Saharan Africa , 1Sports in the Indian subcontinent , and Premier Football in the Philippines . The group stage and Final were broadcast in Latin America by DirecTV Go and Tigo Sports. From 2022, BT Sport started showing live coverage of
6552-440: The only team to have not won the Grey Cup in the 21st century. Their lowest point came in 2003 , when they lost a CFL record 17 games in one season, with just one win. The franchise has started to return to prominence after qualifying for the post-season in eight of the 10 years of the 2010s, including appearances in the 101st , 102nd , 107th and 108th Grey Cups , where they lost each time. Businessman Bob Young purchased
6643-419: The playoffs in all but three of those years and won seven Grey Cup championships. They are one of six teams in the modern era to win the Grey Cup at home and were the first to accomplish this when they did it in 1972 . However, since 1990, they have missed the playoffs on eleven occasions and have won just one Grey Cup in 1999 . In addition to having the longest Grey Cup drought of all the CFL teams, they are
6734-450: The stadium was renamed in honour of Ivor Wynne . The team played there until 2012. During construction of Tim Hortons Field in 2013, the Tiger-Cats played at Alumni Stadium in Guelph , Ontario. The artwork for the original "leaping tiger" was designed by Jake Gaudaur , a former Tiger-Cat player, President, and CFL Commissioner. The Princeton University Tigers athletic logo for many years
6825-539: The start of that season. The CPL is headquartered in Toronto , Ontario . After the closure of the original Canadian Soccer League in 1992, there was no fully professional first division domestic league of Canadian soccer . The only national Canadian competition was the Canadian Championship , a domestic cup which has been played since 2008. Canadian teams played in American leagues, such as Major League Soccer , NASL and
6916-445: The team moved the first few games of its 2014 season to Ron Joyce Stadium . Tim Hortons Field opened in time for the 2014 Labour Day Classic, which coincided with the Tiger-Cats going on a long run that propelled the team from 1–6 prior to that game to 9–9 (in a year when the East was particularly weak, this was enough to win the division) and two further playoff wins, propelling the team to its second straight Grey Cup appearance, which
7007-448: The team's roster for matches. The team will play its home matches at York Lions Stadium , the same venue as the first team, with the matches occurring on the same day, resulting in double-headers of matches. Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League ( CPL or CanPL ; French: Première ligue canadienne ) is a professional men's soccer league in Canada . At the top of
7098-459: The termination. For the 2023 season , Vancouver FC from Langley, British Columbia entered the league, joining as an expansion team. The inaugural 2019 season of the league included a split season format similar to soccer leagues in Latin America. The winners of the two seasons competed in the two-legged CPL Finals . With the addition of an eighth club in 2020 , the league moved to
7189-715: The two teams, with Toronto holding a 10-7 edge. Hamilton and Toronto are merely 51 km apart along the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway and, for relatively brief periods of time, were the only CFL teams in Ontario as there was no Ottawa team from 1997-2002, and again from 2006-2013. Other Tiger-Cats rivals include the Montreal Alouettes , the Ottawa Redblacks, and recently the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after
7280-438: Was a mirror image of the Hamilton logo, except in orange. Both logos have since been revised or replaced. The colours of the logo are the clubs traditional colours for well over 100 years: black, yellow, and white. The red tongue is the last remaining nod to the upstart red-clad Hamilton Wildcats. Since 1873, the arch-rivals of the Tiger-Cats have been the Toronto Argonauts . The first meeting took place on October 18, 1873 at
7371-532: Was also its second straight Grey Cup loss, as the Calgary Stampeders held off a late comeback effort from the Tiger-Cats to win 20–16. The team went undefeated at Tim Hortons Field in its inaugural season at the stadium. The Tiger-Cats have played home games at Tim Hortons Field since 2014. The stadium is located in downtown Hamilton at the former site of Ivor Wynne Stadium. The team played at Civic Stadium from 1950 until 1970. Renovations were done, and in 1971
7462-426: Was announced as the league's new commissioner as well as the new CEO of Canada Soccer Business effective September 1. The Canadian Premier League uses a salary cap . As of the 2024 season, clubs are required to spend between CA$ 750,000 and $ 1,212,500 on player compensation, with a minimum salary of $ 30,000 per player. For players aged 21 and younger on standard contracts, only 50% of their salary counts towards
7553-495: Was demolished and replaced with a new stadium on the same site, Tim Hortons Field , in 2014. The Ti-Cats had great success throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in the 1950s and 1960s the club appeared in ten Grey Cups. They finished first in the East thirteen times from 1950 to 1972. During that same time span, they appeared in eleven Grey Cup finals winning the championship six times. Players, such as Angelo Mosca , Bernie Faloney , Joe Zuger and Garney Henley became football icons in
7644-439: Was dropping TSN Radio from CKOC on February 9, 2021, and the Tiger-Cats responded that it was ending the partnership with Bell shortly thereafter and had begun working on alternate ways to distribute the broadcasts. It announced the launch of the "Ticats Audio Network" on August 3, 2021, with game broadcasts returning to CHML and other audio content moving to a podcast format. Radio broadcasts relocated to CJXY-FM midway through
7735-527: Was held among the fans to determine the colors for the newly formed football club; the result was a combination of the two clubs' colors: yellow, black, red, and white. However, the black and gold of the Tigers were largely adopted (the red tongue on the logo is only remaining nod to Wildcats red) and remain to this day. In 1950, the newly christened Hamilton Tiger-Cats began playing in Civic Stadium (renamed Ivor Wynne Stadium in 1971) until 2012 after which it
7826-418: Was hosted by Ted Michaels. (CHML continued to carry The Fifth Quarter as an unofficial postgame show, with Rick Zamperin as host, until the station's closure.) In May 2015, the Tiger-Cats left CHML for CKOC , where the team operates a joint venture with TSN Radio . Through the 2015 season, former McMaster Marauders quarterback Marshall Ferguson offered sideline analysis of all Tiger-Cats games, along with
7917-578: Was looking at regions and owners in St. John's , Moncton , Laval , Quebec City , Kitchener-Waterloo , the Niagara Region , the Durham Region , Mississauga , Regina , Saskatoon , and Kelowna as well as the Fraser Valley area of British Columbia. Other areas with CPL interest include Barrie , Montreal , and Saint John . On August 25, 2022, ARS de Quebec's Director General Philippe Bernard
8008-479: Was not until 1998 with the arrival of head coach Ron Lancaster and the pitch-and-catch duo of Danny McManus and Darren Flutie plus the pass rush abilities of Joe Montford that led Hamilton back to the CFL's elite, reaching the Grey Cup finals in 1998 and winning the cup the following year . However, the Ti-Cats then suffered a slow decline. In 2000, Hamilton finished 9–9, losing 4 of their last 5 games, as well as
8099-429: Was part of a core group of investors working with the Canadian Soccer Association and its president Victor Montagliani to create a new set of fully professional teams or a league in Canada. The Tiger-Cats ownership group was granted exclusive rights by the Canadian Soccer Association until 2017 to establish a team that would play in the under-construction Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton . In February 2016, reports of
8190-463: Was quoted in Le Journal de Québec announcing that Léger Marketing had been commissioned to launch a market study to verify interest in the province for a CPL team. He also confirmed that Soccer Quebec had determined that Quebec City was the best market in the province for a new team. Although there isn't an ownership group yet, Bernard explained that the market study would help facilitate investment in
8281-534: Was still a part of the American Football League ). In 1978, Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard assumed ownership of the Tiger-Cats. Ballard claimed to be losing a million dollars a year. The Tiger-Cats contended on and off during the rest of the 1970s and 1980s (reaching the playoffs in every year of the latter decade), reaching the Grey Cup game again in 1980 and winning the East Division by
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