Pacific Coast Soccer League

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Pacific Coast Soccer League
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Founded1995
CountryCanada
Confederation CONCACAF
British Columbia Soccer Association
Number of teams11
Domestic cup(s)Sheila Anderson Memorial Cup
Current championsLeague: Khalsa Sporting Club
Cup: Khalsa Sporting Club
(2018)
Most championshipsLeague: Victoria United (5 titles)
Cup: Victoria United (7 titles)
Website PCSL.org

The Pacific Coast Soccer League is an amateur soccer league, currently featuring teams from British Columbia. In the past, clubs from Washington and Oregon have competed. The Pacific Coast Soccer League is a recognized fourth-division league in the American Soccer Pyramid which features teams from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

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The league has a short, 2.5-month summer season. The league winners are not eligible for any higher cup competitions; however, most players participate in a winter league, such as the VMSL, VISL or FVSL, where teams do participate in BC Provincial Cup qualification. Several clubs are directly affiliated and managed by local university soccer programs looking to keep their players in form and build team chemistry over the off-season.[ citation needed ]

The league fielded both men's and women's premier and reserve leagues with varying numbers of teams until 2014 when the league was reduced to one men's division. The current PCSL was reconstituted thereafter as a separate entity in 1995. Since 1989, the highest ranking PCSL Canadian team plays for the John F. Kennedy Cup against the Oregon Adult Soccer Association champion and the Washington State Adult Soccer Association champion.

As of 2017, the PCSL no longer operates a men's reserve division, or any women's divisions. After a four-year hiatus, John F. Kennedy Cup matches were announced to resume in 2018, with two British Columbia teams facing off against teams from Oregon. [1]

Teams

Men's Premier

Following teams are listed with the league for the 2022 season. [2]

TeamsAffiliationCityHome fieldManager
FC Tigers Vancouver Burnaby, British Columbia Burnaby Lake Field Flag of Iran.svg Farivar Torabi
Kamloops Rivers FC 2 Rivers FC Kamloops, British Columbia Hillside Stadium Flag of Germany.svg Jost Hausendorf
Khalsa Sporting Club New Westminster, British Columbia Queen's Park Stadium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Parm Gill
Mid-Isle Mariners Vancouver Island University Men's Soccer Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo District Secondary School Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Howe
Okanagan FC Kelowna, British Columbia Apple Bowl Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Stevenson
Penticton Pinnacles Excelsior Rotterdam Penticton, British Columbia King's Park Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dale Anderson
Phytogen Koinonia Coquitlam, British Columbia Towncentre Stadium Flag of South Korea.svg Kyung-hun Gee
Victoria United FC University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Centennial Stadium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nico Craveiro
Westcastle International Academy Victoria, British Columbia Starlight Stadium Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Eddie Mukahanana
Fusion FC Richmond, British Columbia Hugh Boyd Secondary School Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Millar
Port Moody SC Port Moody, British Columbia Trasolini Field Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Srdjan Djekanovic

Champions [3]

Men – The George Cambridge Memorial League Cup

Reserve Men

Women – The Jacques Moon Memorial League Cup

Reserve Women – The Len McAdams League Cup

Challenge Cup winners [4]

The Challenge Cup is with the top four teams, or the host team and the top three, competing in a straight knockout tournament seeded by league standings.

Men – The Sheila Anderson Memorial (Challenge) Cup

Women – The Dave Fryatt Challenge Cup

Reserve Men

Reserve Women – Bill Gillespie Challenge Cup

Former men's PCSL teams

Modern era

Clubs timeline

Pacific Coast Soccer League

Former women's PCSL teams

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References

  1. "Pacific Coast Soccer League: Pacific Coast Soccer League". pcsl.org. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. "Pacific Coast Soccer League". PCSL.org. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. ""CUPS, TROPHIES & WINNERS"" . Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. ""CUPS, TROPHIES & WINNERS"" . Retrieved November 23, 2022.