piece by piece, the details surrounding ottawa’s entry into the northern super league — canada’s new women’s professional soccer league — are coming into focus.
the club is set to make its first major splash in the marketplace next thursday, with team and league representatives on hand for a series of announcements.
“logo, look and location,” communications officer jamie deans said friday in response to questions about what would be revealed.
the city’s soccer fans will learn about ownership details, where the team plans to play and the colour scheme for the 25-game season that will begin next april.
the six-team league also features montreal, toronto, calgary, vancouver and halifax.
why ottawa, why now?
deans is full of praise for the city, saying the combination of grassroots soccer programs and the success of ottawa’s professional women’s hockey league squad in its first season provides confidence that pro women’s soccer has a future here.
“it’s important that the national capital is represented in a national league,” deans said. “the youth participation levels are through the roof and that’s such a positive. with the pwhl, ottawa really showed that they will come out to support women’s teams.”