Canada Soccer announces three new National Youth Club Licensing Program entrants

Canada Soccer announced three new recipients of its National
​Youth Club Licensing program for Q3 2021. British Columbia club Nanaimo United
​FC has been named as a National Youth Club Licence holder while Manitoba’s FC
​Manitoba and Alberta’s Okotoks United Soccer Club were named as provisional
​Quality Soccer Providers. Each licence has a two-year validity.

The National Youth Club Licence is the highest designation
​in the Canada Soccer National Youth Club Licensing Program and fulfills the
​requirements for Nanaimo United FC to compete in the British Columbia Soccer
​Premier League, the top standards-based competition for youth participants in
​BC beginning in 2022. Nanaimo United FC become the 59thNational
​Youth Club Licence holder.
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​The Quality Soccer Provider, which Canada Soccer has made a requirement of
​membership starting in 2023, ensures that member organization clubs meet the
​standards required to fulfill the requirements of Canada Soccer’s Safe Sport
​Roster which was unanimously adopted at the 2019 Canada Soccer Annual Meeting
​of the Members. With the addition of the two QSP clubs in Q3, the Quality
​Soccer Provider designation has now been achieved by more than 50 member
​organization clubs across the country.

Canada Soccer National Youth Club Licence
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​British Columbia
​Nanaimo United FC

Quality Soccer Provider
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​Alberta
​Okotoks United Soccer Club*

Manitoba
​FC Manitoba *

*Denotes provisional acceptance