The Canadian Premier League has been in planning for a few years now but just hit its stride with an expected kickoff date in 2018. This idea of Canada’s own professional soccer league was started in 2013. The intention of this new league is to foster Canadian talent and develop their own coaches.
Since the whole idea of the Canadian Premier League is to foster Canadian players, there is a rumor going around that there would be a quota of 75% Canadian players on every team. That would give Canadian professional players much more time on the field in a competitive mindset than they are getting now.