New soccer league inks apparel deal

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 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. The new league is holding open tryouts across Canada.