{
    "title": "Canada Soccer announces three new National Youth Club Licensing Program entrants",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-29 16:40:16",
    "published_at": "2021-09-15 18:02:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-three-new-national-youth-club-licensing-program-entrants",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/1bEd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "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\u2019s FC Manitoba and Alberta\u2019s Okotoks United Soccer Club were named as provisional Qualit\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-soccer-announces-three-new-national-youth-club-licensing-program-entrants",
    "body": "<p>Canada Soccer announced three new recipients of its National<br>\u200bYouth Club Licensing program for Q3 2021. British Columbia club Nanaimo United<br>\u200bFC has been named as a National Youth Club Licence holder while Manitoba&rsquo;s FC<br>\u200bManitoba and Alberta&rsquo;s Okotoks United Soccer Club were named as provisional<br>\u200bQuality Soccer Providers. Each licence has a two-year validity.</p><p>The National Youth Club Licence is the highest designation<br>\u200bin the Canada Soccer National Youth Club Licensing Program and fulfills the<br>\u200brequirements for Nanaimo United FC to compete in the British Columbia Soccer<br>\u200bPremier League, the top standards-based competition for youth participants in<br>\u200bBC beginning in 2022. Nanaimo United FC become the 59thNational<br>\u200bYouth Club Licence holder.<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe Quality Soccer Provider, which Canada Soccer has made a requirement of<br>\u200bmembership starting in 2023, ensures that member organization clubs meet the<br>\u200bstandards required to fulfill the requirements of Canada Soccer&rsquo;s Safe Sport<br>\u200bRoster which was unanimously adopted at the 2019 Canada Soccer Annual Meeting<br>\u200bof the Members. With the addition of the two QSP clubs in Q3, the Quality<br>\u200bSoccer Provider designation has now been achieved by more than 50 member<br>\u200borganization clubs across the country.</p><p><strong>Canada Soccer National Youth Club Licence</strong><br>\u200b<br>\u200bBritish Columbia<br>\u200bNanaimo United FC</p><p><strong>Quality Soccer Provider</strong><br>\u200b<br>\u200bAlberta<br>\u200bOkotoks United Soccer Club*</p><p>Manitoba<br>\u200bFC Manitoba *</p><p><em>*Denotes provisional acceptance</em></p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-4c45a962-a5ee-4d16-a8a0-214da238babd\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
    "contacts": [
        {
            "name": "Paulo Senra",
            "company": "Canada Soccer",
            "description": "Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu",
            "email": "psenra@canadasoccer.com",
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            "address": null,
            "telephone": null,
            "mobile": "(416)\u00a0882-7919",
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        }
    ],
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
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