Canada Tier 1

Premier League - 2021 Season

League Guide & Facts

The top tier of Canadian football
8 teams
Teams play each other 4 times (28 games)
3 points for a win, 1 for a draw
Top 4 qualify for second phase

Second Phase

Semi Final
1st plays 4th, 2nd plays 3rd
Winners meet in Grand Final

Relegation

No relegation (closed shop)

Other

7 subs named, maximum 3 used
There must be no more than 5 foreign players in the playing 11
Under-21 domestic players must play a combined total of 1000 minutes of the 28 matches played. (Born after 01/01/2000) Teams will be fined $10,240 if they fail to meet this threshold.
Maximum squad size of 23 players
Maximum of 7 foreign players in squad
Maximum Squad Salary of $19,750 p/w

Location Of Clubs

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

Tour North America

USA
Mexico
Possibly add South American Nations

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

Football Manager 2022 - Canadian Premier League

Club Culture

No specific club culture for any of the Canadian Premier League sides except Cavalry who like to Sign Players Under 23 For The First Team

Football Manager 2022 - Canadian Premier League

Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -