Canada Soccer National Development Centres

The Canada Soccer National Development Centre and Canada Soccer EXCEL programs are full-time women's soccer development programs run by the Canadian Soccer Association in partnership with the various provincial associations to develop Canadian women's soccer players as part of the Canadian women's soccer pathway.[1][2] There are three National Development Centres in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia and Regional EXCEL programs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.[3]

Canada Soccer National Development Centre
LeagueLeague1 Ontario
League1 British Columbia
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
WebsiteClub website

The three National Development Centres enter teams in Canada's tier 3 women's leagues: League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.

NDC Ontario

The Canadian Soccer Association partnered with the Ontario Soccer Association, Own the Podium, Sport Canada, the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, and Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham Ontario, to launch its Regional EXCEL (REX) program in January 2018. The REX Super Centres provide top youth female players with a centralized, daily training program to develop their skills for players from U14 to U18 as part of Canada Soccer's Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) program.[4]

In 2022, it was announced that the NDC Ontario program would join and enter a team in the League1 Ontario women's division.[5]

NDC British Columbia (Whitecaps Academy REX)

The Canadian Soccer Association partnered with the BC Soccer Association and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC to launch its regional EXCEL program which will be run as part of the Whitecaps FC Academy.[6]

In 2021, it was announced that the program would join the semi-professional League1 British Columbia as a founding franchise for the 2022 season.[3][7]

PEF Quebec

In 2021, the Canadian Soccer Association in partnership with Soccer Quebec set up the Programme EXCEL féminin in Quebec.[8]

In 2022, it was announced that they would field a team in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec women's division beginning in the 2022 season.[9]

References
  1. "Canada Soccer Women's EXCEL Program: Technical Overview" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association.
  2. "Women's EXCEL Program: A Guide for Players and their Parents" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association.
  3. "Canada Soccer Announces 2022 Club Competitions for National Development Centres". Canadian Soccer Association.
  4. "Ontario Regional Excel Super Centre". Ontario Soccer Association.
  5. "Canada Soccer's National Development Centre-Ontario To Join L1O Women's Premier Division for 2022 Season". League1 Ontario. March 4, 2022.
  6. "Girls' Elite Academy". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  7. "League1BC welcomes the Vancouver Whitecaps as a founding License Holder". League1 British Columbia. October 22, 2021.
  8. Dugas, Michel (October 5, 2021). "Début du nouveau programme EXCEL féminin (PEF) de Soccer Québec" [Start of Soccer Québec's New Women's EXCEL Program (PEF)]. Soccer Quebec (in French). Archived from the original on January 18, 2022.
  9. "Le PEF intègre la PLSQ Féminine" [The PEF Integrates into the Feminine PLSQ]. PLSQ (in French). February 11, 2022.
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