The Canadian Premier League officially unveiled its second club, Cavalry FC, based out of Calgary, at an event at the Gallery on the Green Congress Hall in Spruce Meadows. The club joins York 9 FC as the two that have been announced by the CPL ahead of its stated kickoff date of Spring 2019.
Calgary’s CanPL team will be owned by the new Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment Group, at the helm of which are CEO Linda Southern-Heathcott and COO Ian Allison. The club also introduced its technical director, Tommy Wheeldon Jr., who had been technical director of the Calgary Foothills PDL team since 2008.