Toronto, ON – (March 17, 2022) – Today, the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and official league technical provider, Macron, a leader in the international teamwear market, unveils the custom-designed primary playing kits ahead of the 2022 season for the Canadian Premier League eight clubs HFX Wanderers FC, Atlético Ottawa, York United FC, Forge FC, Valour FC, FC Edmonton, Cavalry FC and Pacific FC.
The Macron 2022 new kits will make their debut on April 7 when the League’s 2022 regular season begins. This year’s primary kits provide a nod of acknowledgement to the community where each club plays. Each jersey features a unique graphic, symbol, image, or icon that represents their home.
While the look of each jersey is unique in design, developing high quality custom kits with distinctive looks to provide the needed professional technical features while enhancing them with exciting graphic designs is the key to the Canadian Premier League / Macron partnership.
“Each new season substantiates the value and importance of a project like the Canadian Premier League, and we are particularly proud to have been part of it since its inception,” declared Gianluca Pavanello, CEO of Macron. “The friendship and respect built in recent years have been essential to working in perfect harmony and creating unique collections every year. Among the values that we share, respect for the environment is fundamental: the work that goes into designing and creating jerseys in Eco-Fabric made from 100% recycled plastic, in this sense, confirms the joint commitment we have to greater environmental sustainability. ‘We are many We are one’, now more than ever, expresses the strength of the Canadian Premier League. We wish all clubs a season full of sporting satisfactions to experience and share with their fans.”
This season all Canadian Premier League / Macron kits will be made from Macron Eco Fabrics – made with a thread which is 100% PET recycled polyester and is certified by Global Recycle Standard.
PET is a material made of oil or natural gas and can be 100% recycled, returning in the market in the form of new eco-sustainable products. In particular, the PET gathered after its first use is reduced in 2 mm chips and subsequently treated to obtain a thread that guarantees the same performance of a virgin thread. The thread does not lose its original characteristics during its treatment and for this reason may be repeatedly recycled. Last but not least, compared to virgin polyester, the PET recycled polyester has the advantage of requiring less energy during the production chain. For each produced shirt, 13 0.5 l bottles are recycled. Read more about Macron 4 The Planet here.
Each team-authentic jersey will be available online for purchase today at: HFX Wanderers FC, Atlético Ottawa, York United FC, Forge FC, Valour FC, FC Edmonton, Cavalry FC and Pacific FC for $119.99 CAD (Adult) and Youth $79.99 CAD. Fans will be able to customize each jersey with either their favourite CPL player or own names and number for an additional $34.99 CAD.
Read more about all the CPL Macron Kits here.
Shop here for all 8 2022 Primary Canadian Premier League Macron Jerseys.
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About Canadian Premier League
Canadian Premier League (CPL) is Canada’s Tier 1 domestic professional men’s soccer league entering its fourth season in 2022, competing in the Concacaf and FIFA sanctioned series of competitions. Playing in world-class and unique venues, and partnering with strong community-led ownership groups, the CPL is a league for Canadians, by Canadians that brings professional soccer to eight communities coast-to-coast. The CPL has announced plans to expand to 10 markets in 2023 with a team in Vancouver and a conditional franchise awarded to Saskatoon. For updates and more information, please go to CanPL.ca.
About Macron
Macron (www.macron.com) is a leading European company in the production and sale of active sportswear, operating in four main business areas: Teamwear, sportswear and accessories for team sports (football, rugby, basketball, volleyball, baseball, handball, futsal, running); Merchandising, official kits, free time products and accessories for the supporters of the club sponsored by Macron; Run & Train, technical apparel for individual runners and for fitness; Athleisure, sports inspired apparel for leisure time, for those who wish to wear Macron outside pure sporting activities. Macron owes it success to the capacity of interpreting the needs and demands of those who do sport, developing high quality and technicality products.
CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2022 MACRON PRIMARY CLUB KITS
THE LINEUP
We Are Many, We Are One! Divided on the field, but united in our hearts, we celebrate our shared passion for soccer with this mantra on the back collar of all our kits.
Every jersey features the league’s mission “For Canadians, By Canadians” on the inside neck – an everyday reminder of why this league exists and to inspire our mission to grow the beautiful game of soccer in Canada.
The icon of the Italian brand, the Macron Hero characterizes and identifies the technical garments. The embroidered logo features the human body and takes inspiration from the tip of the spear, by definition a representation of dynamos and speed. The Macron Hero symbolizes even more effectively the joy at the end of the challenge, the achievement of a target, fatigue, passion and determination and epitomizes the Macron philosophy: “Work hard. Play harder”.
Pacific FC
Pacific FC’s retro style, primarily purple jersey is inspired by the roots that run deep throughout Vancouver Island. Designed to connect the Island and the club as one. A sublimated design of the Douglas-fir runs throughout the front of the jersey. The Canadian Premier League 2022 Champions will be sporting the Gold Champion North Star this season that sits right above the team’s logo.
Kit Sponsor: Volkswagen
Cavalry FC
The 2022 Macron home kit features a predominantly red jersey and subtly incorporates pops of white and regimental green in the collar and sleeves. Representing the shapes found in much of the of the region’s architecture, landmarks, and natural history –a unique pattern of diamonds and triangles is featured in a sublimated print as a nod to the shapes seen in structures past and present, both manmade and natural. The front of the jersey proudly showcases a regimental sash.
Kit Sponsor: WestJet
FC Edmonton
Continuing the team’s tradition of the recognizable classic royal blue, the Eddies 2022 primary jersey is inspired by the Alberta flag. Alberta’s capital city jersey pays homage to the province’s coat of arms with hints of green that represent their forests, gold for the wheat fields, and a pop of wild rose pink, Edmonton’s official flower. A nod to the clear blue skies of Alberta is featured prominently with a unique jacquard print throughout.
Kit Sponsor: Swoop
Valour FC
Valour FC’s 2022 jersey concept is simple – bold and strong. Revisiting the classic black jersey with valour maroon accented on the right sleeve with pops of the recognizable harvest gold throughout in a jersey designed to represent the strength and power of the team in a simple design.
Kit Sponsor: OneSoccer
Forge FC
The 2022 Primary jersey has Forge FC returning to the club’s roots with a primarily all orange kit inspired by the sparks from the strike of a hammer and represents the energy, ambition and hard work of the Hamilton community. The Sparks are featured prominently throughout the front of the jersey with pops of dark orange and grey in a tone-on-tone sublimated print and includes dark orange flames at the bottom of the jersey. The city of Hamilton pride is highlighted on the back of the jersey.
This year’s jersey introduces the Legacy Patch that will proudly represent the two Canadian Premier League North Star Shields Forge FC won in 2019 and 2020 on the left sleeve.
Kit Sponsor: Tim Hortons
York United FC
York United’s 2022 football shirt features the club’s iconic primary colours York Green, Lake Ontario Blue and Victory Gold. Inspired by the roads and rivers leading from the northern forests of York to Toronto’s downtown skyscrapers, the details are encompassed by a bold striped pattern on the jersey front.
Kit Sponsor: Greenpark Group
Atlético Ottawa
The kit builds upon the tribute to their parent company, Atlético Madrid in a nod to their history while incorporating the city Atlético Ottawa calls home. Ottawa is uniquely acknowledged through a subtle sublimated inverted “V” chevron design within the 2022 primary jersey’s Federal Red stripes representing the Rideau Canal Locks or Ottawa Locks. The back of the jersey features a large red Maple Leaf, which will be visible under the player numbers, a nod to the club’s Canadian identity.
Sponsor: comeon!
HFX Wanderers FC
Inspired by the waves in the HFX Wanderers logo, a unique ocean pattern is embossed on the front of the dark blue jersey. HFX’s 2022 Macron primary jersey features aqua blue accents of colour throughout the front and back. A simple and clean representation in the recognizable blues the Wanderers are known for. Individually we are one droplet, together we are the ocean.
Kit Sponsor: Volkswagen
2022 Ornamental Updates
CPL Champion North Star Badge
Each year the Canadian Premier League Champions will be sporting the CPL Champion North Star in gold that will sit right above the team’s logo on their Macron jersey. This year, the winner of the 2021 CPL Final, Pacific FC will wear the badge. The North Star Badge features a gold Canadian Premier League emblem with the North Star as the focal point
CPL Legacy Patch
Starting with the 2022 season previous CPL Champions will wear the League’s Legacy patch on the left sleeve of their Macron jersey. This gold emblem features the number of Finals a CPL club has won since the inaugural season in 2019. For 2022, Forge FC will proudly don the CPL Legacy Patch for their Final wins in 2019 and 2020.
Names and Numbers
Macron Club jerseys will feature a new set of names and numbers on the back this season.
Inspired by the iconic Canadian Football moment in 1985 when a winning goal solidified Canada’s route to their and currently only FIFA World Cup qualification. The collegiate style numbers that immortalize these Canadian soccer heroes from decades ago will represent the numbers that will identify the future soccer heroes of the CPL, today.
Utilizing an equirectangular projection of the 49th parallel that unites our provinces, the unified line continues through the same region of each number to connect each player regardless of the squad number. A sublimation of the Canadian Premier League crest will be proudly showcased throughout the numbers.
This set replaces the original set introduced in 2019 when the Canadian Premier League was launched.
For more information please contact:
Micki Benedetti
Canadian Premier League