A new pro women’s soccer league will hit fields across Canada in 2025, and Montreal appears to have secured a team.
As per a Tuesday article from Olivier Tremblay of Radio-Canada, Isabèle Chevalier and Jean-François Crevier have been revealed as the primary investors of a new Montreal club joining the Project 8 league for its inaugural season next spring.
Partisans de ⚽️ à Montréal, réjouissez-vous !
Une équipe féminine pro de soccer verra le jour dès le printemps prochain, au sein du Project 8 de @dmatheson8.
La Presse a rencontrĂ© les deux cofondateurs. Ils dĂ©bordent d’enthousiasme.
C’est parti !
https://t.co/cI5kJXdMJi— Jean-François Téotonio (@JFTeotonio) May 28, 2024
Although Stade Saputo has hosted numerous Women’s National Team matches in recent years, Tremblay revealed that Montreal will not have a fixed home in 2025. The team will instead play on different fields around the island.
The team later posted a video to X, announcing that further details about their debut season will be coming in September.
Enfin, les https://t.co/1PjNlfNAj6 ont leur Ă©quipe professionnelle fĂ©minine de soccer. Ensemble, redĂ©finissons ce qu’est l’excellence sportive en unissant talent, communautĂ© et crĂ©ativitĂ©. Petit Ă petit, nous nous dĂ©voilerons jusqu’au lancement officiel en septembre. pic.twitter.com/TwbxcoMhXf
— p8_mtl (@P8_MTL) May 28, 2024
Meanwhile, the league’s social media pages have teased an official announcement scheduled for this afternoon.
Get ready. 5.28.2024
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Préparez-vous. 5.28.2024 pic.twitter.com/QAdF8jC0uK— Project 8 (@Project8Sports) May 27, 2024
Co-founded by former Canada women’s national soccer team player Diana Matheson, the league confirmed that six clubs had submitted applications to gain professional status last month.
So far, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Halifax have all been revealed as founding clubs, as well as Montreal and another city, which will be announced in the coming weeks.
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