Canadian Premier League signs long-term apparel deal with Italy’s Macron
TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League has signed a long-term apparel deal with Macron.
The Italian company will provide playing kit and training gear for all seven CPL clubs — HFX Wanderers FC (Halifax), York 9 FC (north Toronto), Forge FC (Hamilton), Valour FC (Winnipeg), FC Edmonton, Cavalry FC (Calgary) and Pacific FC (Victoria) — when the new league kicks off next spring.
Macron, whose slogan is “Work hard. Play Harder,” already supplies such clubs as Italy’s Bologna FC and Lazio, Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, Spain’s Real Sociedad and England’s Nottingham Forest and Stoke City.
Scott Mitchell, CEO of Canadian Soccer Business which represents the Canadian Soccer Association and other domestic soccer properties, said more than a dozen brands around the world showed interest in the new league.