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Valour FC to Suspend Operations After 2025 as CPL Ends Support

The league keeps eight clubs in 2026 by adding FC Supra du Québec after two subsidized seasons that followed sustained losses.

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Valour FC's Federico Pena (77) jumps to avoid the tackle by Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter (16) as Ryan Raposo (27) watches during the first half of a preliminary round Canadian Championship soccer match, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/

Overview

  • Valour’s ownership notified the Canadian Premier League of its plan to halt operations after the 2025 season, prompting Friday’s announcement.
  • The CPL financed the club in 2024 via a loan and provided similar backing in 2025 before deciding a third year was unjustifiable, according to Canadian Soccer Business CEO James Johnson.
  • Valour said it will meet all player and staff obligations through year-end, issue refunds to ticket-holders, and release players under contract beyond 2025 or return them to parent clubs.
  • League officials said the competition will remain at eight teams in 2026 with the arrival of expansion side FC Supra du Québec.
  • Owned by the Winnipeg Football Club, Valour recorded losses of $1.25 million in 2023 and $950,000 in 2022, and becomes the CPL’s second club to cease operations after FC Edmonton.