LAVAL – Day 1 of the Canadian Premier League’s #GotGame Open Trials in Quebec has come to a close, with more than 200 prospective professional soccer players showing off their skills in the hopes of catching the attention of the league’s head coaches in order to move on to Day 2 and, potentially, onto a CPL roster.

Trial lead coach and Montreal native Alex Bunbury was on scene, putting the players through their paces as the CPL’s coaches whittled down the list to 58 remaining trialists for a second day featuring 11-v-11 scrimmages. And, with the fields in Laval at full capacity, Bunbury was left more than impressed with the talent on offer.

Here are some photos of the event (courtesy Lucho Calderon/CPL):

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See more photos and live updates from each day of the #GotGame Open Trials by following @CPLsoccer on Instagram, and go behind-the-scenes with CanPL.ca managing editor Kurt Larson throughout the trials by adding “CPLsoccer” on Snapchat.

The CPL’s #GotGame trials continue in Halifax on Friday before making stops in Montreal (Sept. 27-28), Hamilton (Oct. 1-2), Toronto (Oct. 11-12), Winnipeg (Oct. 18-19), Calgary (Oct. 25-26) and Vancouver Island (Nov. 5-6). Think you’ve #GotGame? Register at CanPL.ca/GotGame.