Canadian Premier League to host regular-season game in Quebec City

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 3:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 30 minutes ago

The Canadian Premier League volition big a regular-season crippled successful Quebec City connected May 31 featuring York United FC and Halifax Wanderers FC.

The 2025 variation of the "On Tour" bid marks the league's 2nd neutral-site contest. Vancouver FC and Cavalry FC played to a scoreless gully successful Kelowna, B.C., past June earlier an announced assemblage of 6,281 astatine the Apple Bowl.

"As we look to grow the footprint of the Canadian Premier League, determination is nary amended mode to measure the viability of a marketplace than to bring our existent merchandise to a prospective CPL city," commissioner Mark Noonan said successful a statement.

"Our inaugural CPL 'On Tour' lucifer successful Kelowna, B.C. was a rousing occurrence that afforded america the accidental to link with the assemblage and decently measure the feasibility of bringing a CPL franchise to that market," helium added. "We're looking guardant to doing the aforesaid successful Quebec City and are expecting a memorable play arsenic we proceed getting to cognize the metropolis and province."

Telus Stadium is simply a 12,750-seat venue that has antecedently hosted respective Vanier Cups arsenic good arsenic aggregate pre-season CFL games.

Halifax boasts much Quebec-born oregon raised players than immoderate different squad successful the CPL successful 2025, including seasoned midfielder Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare.

The eight-team CPL kicks disconnected its seventh play Saturday with a triple-header: Halifax astatine Atletico Ottawa, defending champion Cavalry FC astatine Forge FC successful a repetition of the 2024 title crippled successful Calgary and Valour FC astatine Pacific FC. On Sunday, it's York astatine Vancouver FC.