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[Victoria Watcher]

Forge kicked PFC 3-0 today.

[Victoria Watcher]

Forge kicked PFC 3-0 today.

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highlights:

 

https://canpl.ca/mat...sd4a/highlights

[Victoria Watcher]

tomorrow:

 

 

Pacific FC and Dodd’s Furniture and Mattress are teaming up in an effort to give back to the community to support The Mustard Seed and the Goldstream Food Bank. Ahead of Pacific FC’s return to Westhills Stadium on October 2nd versus HFX Wanderers FC, the CPL side will offer a free ticket to the game for every two non-perishable food items donated.*

 

 

 

 

https://pacificfc.ca...o-feed-the-isle

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 01 October 2019 - 12:12 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The CPL has gone “total football” in its approach, with Simpson pointing out that the winner of the regular season is crowned the English Premier League champion with no playoffs involved.

The CPL, however, has allowed for a final between its two-top teams with Cavalry FC of Calgary and Forge FC of Hamilton, Ont., meeting in the two-game set Oct. 26 and Nov 2.

The rest of the teams will play out the string, including tonight at 7 p.m. at Westhills Stadium, when the HFX Wanderers of Halifax come to the Island in the second-to-final home fixture of the season for PFC.

How far does the CPL want to take its total-football vision? The goal eventually, when there are enough teams, is to have Premier/Division 1 promotion-relegation, Simpson said.

https://www.timescol...-cpl-1.23963909

 

up against the canucks opener tonight too.  this league really needs to look into becoming a friday/sunday scheduled league.  i know that's tough with travel.  but there is already talk of reducing travel by dividing into east and west with an unbalanced schedule so that will help.  

[Victoria Watcher]

now on top of it there is some chance of rain at game time tonight.  no breaks here for pfc.

[Victoria Watcher]

2700 and change announced last night.  i don't know the cost to go last night was 2 cans of tuna - or $2.  

 

5154 (home opener)

2360

2661

4067

2781

2399

2604

2737

4381 (stadium grand re-opener)

2124

1200 (later adjusted up)

2017

2708 (2 food items entry)

 

only 2500 in calgary last night and they are league-leader.  2000 in edmonton (edmonton had their opening nhl game on tv).

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 October 2019 - 05:38 AM.

[tedward]

Looking pretty good I'd say for the first-year. HarbourCats averaged what, 600 per game in year one? I think they can be called a success. I know I'm a believer, but I see no reason that PFC cannot build on those numbers for year two. 

And yes, I understand that a sophomore slump can be a thing, I just think that soccer fans in this city have been burned so many times before that they were reluctant to support this club whole-heartedly until the league and the club proved themselves. Seeing the owners commitment to developing youth and playing attacking soccer and building the new indoor training facility has answered any doubts.

 

[Victoria Watcher]

more like 1300 or 1400 i think for harbourcats first year i think.

 

https://en.wikipedia...arbourCats#2013

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 October 2019 - 10:05 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

I just think that soccer fans in this city have been burned so many times before that they were reluctant to support this club whole-heartedly until the league and the club proved themselves. 

 

 

this is true for sure.

[tedward]

more like 1300 or 1400 i think for harbourcats first year i think.

 

https://en.wikipedia...arbourCats#2013

 

Sorry, I used the wrong number for calculating, it was around 1400. 

PFC is still beating that number in year one by a healthy margin.
 

[shoeflack]

Sorry, I used the wrong number for calculating, it was around 1400. 

PFC is still beating that number in year one by a healthy margin.

 

Major difference between a fully professional national league and an amateur college summer regional league, though, from an operating budget perspective. PFC needs to draw better to be sustainable.

[spanky123]

Major difference between a fully professional national league and an amateur college summer regional league, though, from an operating budget perspective. PFC needs to draw better to be sustainable.

 

And the cats aren't flying players anywhere for games.

[Victoria Watcher]

or paying players.

[tedward]

PFC needs to draw better to be sustainable.

 

No argument from me on that!  We should be drawing more like Halifax, a similar-sized community. 

[Victoria Watcher]

halifax is getting an nll lacrosse team (just runs to june):

 

https://en.wikipedia...ax_Thunderbirds

 

in victoria the soccer team has to also compete with the shamrocks and harbourcats.  for probably casual fans and season ticket holders.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 October 2019 - 10:02 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The Canadian Premier League clubs completed a nation-crossing home-and-home set that spanned Pacific to Atlantic.

Pacific FC and HFX drew 1-1 Wednesday before 6,055 fans in Halifax after playing to a 1-1 draw last week at Westhills Stadium.

With 4,476 kilometres between Victoria and Halifax, this matchup constitutes the third-longest trip in the world between pro domestic league Premiership soccer clubs.

 

 

https://www.timescol...draw-1.23972635

[Victoria Watcher]

[On the Level]

Last game apparently has a fundraiser too....

 

 

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[G-Man]

If this were played in the city I would totally go.

[LJ]

It is played in the city, just not your city. It's in the city where people want to live rather than escape.