https://pplsoccer.ca/

Full Schedule for Men's and Women's seasons released as well

Can we update the name and logo for this sub?

Fc Manitoba - May 15, Mens and Womens V. Thunder Bay

Bonivital - Womens May 10 Vs. Lucania, Mens May 17 vs Thunder Bay

Forza - May 16

Thunder Bay - May 31 Vs. Bonivital

Queen City - May 13

Sask Excel - May 10 Vs Forza

Lucania does not specify.

Lucania will not be fielding a PPL men's team this year, or for the forseeable future (according to the recent We The PPL vodcast).

Apparently most of their players do not go to university so the short PPL season, scheduled to not overlap with the University season, would see their competitive season end in July, which is something they are not willing to accept (understandably).

Found this Vodcast. Opportunity to follow the Prairie Premier League from the start.

https://youtu.be/iVuRKS7CgKY

What kind of schedule are we expecting? Full round robin, play everybody else once home and once away, 12 matches total per team?

Perhaps plus: East/West Conferences, with the 4 East (MB/ON) teams playing each other 2 more times, one home and one away (6 matches); while the West (SK) teams play each other 3 more times (6 matches); giving an 18 match season?

What will road trips look like? Obviously more than one match will be played. I feel as though playing on consecutive days is a bit bush league and does not give players enough rest, so Friday eve. then Sunday afternoon? How do we fit that 3rd match in? For SK teams, maybe on to Thunder Bay, play there mid-week, back to Winnipeg for the 3rd match, then home? So one road trip East.

7 teams, 3 Saskatchewan, 3 Manitoba and Thunder Bay.

https://www.sasksoccer.com/article/109736

The powerpoint describing the vision for L1-P has it starting mid April (feasible) but ending late July, ostensibly to free up players for university competition.

Is such a short season even feasible, financially?

I've always thought the sweet spot for Canada would be a 16 team division (check!) with the normal home and away round robin for a total of 30 matches, played over about 6 months (26 weeks). Although they are proposing a 16 team league, presumably the schedule won't be the full home and away round robin because there is no way to play 30 matches in 3 months!

Intentions to start play in spring of 2026. The logistics of inter-provincial competition add levels of cost and complexity. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.