How the CanPL Came to Be with Dr. Duane Rockerbie

Introduction

This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 27.

Welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast, covering the beautiful game in the great white north. For more Canadian Premier League content, head over to Northern90.ca. That’s Northern Nine Zero dot ca.

Welcome

Hello, Canada, and welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast!

I’m your host, Pat Sweet.

In this week’s episode:

An interview with Dr Duane Rockerbie.

Results

League Play

The first-ever CanPL finals are set!
Forge FC will take on Cavalry FC in a two-legged tie
Oct. 26 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, with the decisive second leg slated for Nov. 2 at ATCO Field at Spruce Meadows in Calgary.
Cavalry won the spring season
Forge and Cavalry are now guaranteed to finish 1st and 2nd
“Even though the winner of the Fall season should choose their home match according to CPL rules, and that winner hasn’t been decided as of yet, the League office and the two clubs agreed on the match dates because of a scheduling conflict that exists with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, the primary tenant at Tim Hortons Field,” Clanachan explained.
Only 14 games left as of September 30

Canadian Championship

Congratulations to Montreal Impact for winning the 2019 Voyageur’s Cup!
Montreal beat TFC on penalty kicks 3-1 after going 1-1 on aggregate.
Interesting to note that Montreal only beat York 9 by one goal on aggregate, and that both legs against Cavalry FC were 1 goal games.

CONCACAF Nations League

Up next for Canada is a two-leg tie against the United States.
Canada host the Americans in Toronto on Oct. 15
Next, they play in Orlando on Nov. 5.
This will likely determine who wins Group A and advances to the finals

News

FIFA 20
- FIFA 20 is out, but the only CanPL player represented is David Norman Jr., who’s with PFC on loan from Inter Miami. He’s got an overall rating of 53.
- No sign of Ryan Telfer or Blake Smith who are also on loan from MLS teams, so hopefully we’ll see them soon.
- Thanks to the Northern Tribune for digging into that – check them out at NorthernTribune.ca.

Interview with Duane Rockerbie

Tell us about yourself
How did you get into sports economics?
How did you get involved with the CanPL?
I understand you were asked to complete two reports. What were they?
What did you think of the project before you really did your analysis?
How has the league compared to your expectations?
What do you think the league needs to do next in order to ensure long-term success?
Where should we be by the time we co-host world cup 2026?
How do you envision promotion and relegation working?

Next up, the mailbag:

Mailbag

You know how this works – you send me mail and messages and I read every single one of them. If what you send is extra good I read it on the podcast.

Jeff responded to last episode’s QOTW:

Best and most promising is Jonathan David. Most will say Phonzie, and yes,
he’s a phenom, but David’s ceiling is winning the Champions League as a
starting striker. Not sure the same can be said of Phonzie.

Crystal wrote via email:

I’ve been collecting the podcast episodes since it started, and decided that it was time to start actually listening to them. While the season is not finished, it’s been interesting to listen back to the excitement that we had, with the eyes of what we’ve since experienced.

The Week Ahead

League Play

Sep 11 – Wednesday 10:00 pm ADT	Edmonton	vs.	Cavalry	Clarke Field	TICKETS
Sep 11 – Wednesday 11:00 pm ADT	Pacific	vs.	York9	Westhills Stadium	TICKETS
Sep 12 – Thursday 9:00 pm ADT	Valour	vs.	Forge	IG Field	TICKETS
Sep 14 – Saturday 4:00 pm ADT	Pacific	vs.	Edmonton	Westhills Stadium	TICKETS
Sep 15 – Sunday 2:00 pm ADT	Forge	vs.	HFX Wanderers	Tim Hortons Field	TICKETS
Sep 15 – Sunday 4:30 pm ADT	York9	vs.	Valour	York Lions Stadium	TICKETS
Sep 18 – Wednesday 6:30 pm ADT	HFX Wanderers	vs.	Forge	Wanderers Grounds	TICKETS

Canadian Championship

Next game is September 18 at Stade Saputo

CONCACAF Nations League

No more games in September.

Announcements

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Credit to my very first supporters
- Adam
- Blair
- Josh

Outroduction

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Credits

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Photo by Isaac Smith on Unsplash

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CPL Headlines Music

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Mailbag Music

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How the CanPL Came to Be with Dr. Duane Rockerbie