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Originally Posted by Locke
I disagree, thats why England has the FA Cup, its great watching lower-level teams take big swings!
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Sure but what level of play is CPL compared to the English Divisions. Maybe EFL League 2...which is maybe still not enough...so maybe something between EFL League 2 and EFL National league.
And it's fun to watch a League 2 team maybe beat an EPL team it's not like you'd rather watch a League 2 team than a higher tier team week after week.
But you have to start somewhere and it's great either way for Canada to still have it's own league.
And while the surrounding atmosphere of Spruce Meadows itself is great, feeling almost like you're dropped into a small european town, the actual facilities and stands themselves are not. Lots of blind spots due to the support beams, feel like for some games the Sun is right in your eyes the whole time. Plus it's not at all easy for people to go to the games.
While the quality of Calgary Wild isn't great itself I do find myself more intrigued with those games because you're getting a higher quality of Women's football in comparison to other Women's football, where with CPL you know you're getting what I'd say is a pretty low quality of men's pro football. Plus I just feel it seem a lot easier to get out to McMahon than it does to get out to Spruce Meadows.
Really the lack of a proper stadium for Soccer in this city is not great for the long term success of the Cavs or the Wild (and even the Stamps for that matter).