The Prairies Premier League (PPL) is a semi-professional men's and women's soccer league in the Canadian Prairies, featuring teams from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario. The league is organized jointly by the Manitoba Soccer Association and the Saskatchewan Soccer Association and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association as a third division pro–am league in the Canadian soccer league system.
The PPL is part of Premier Soccer Leagues Canada (PSLC), the national third tier with other regional divisions in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. Once the league is fully instituted, the men's league champion is expected to qualify for the Canadian Championship, the domestic cup championship, while the women's league champion is expected to qualify for the Women's Inter-Provincial Championship.
History In 2021, a group of clubs from British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba organized the 2021 Summer Series, a series of friendly soccer matches played between Western Canadian soccer clubs to showcase a potential national second division. In 2022, another exhibition showcase was organized by four clubs—three from Alberta and one from Manitoba (FC Manitoba)—as an entity known as Central League1. This was followed by the creation of League1 Alberta in 2023.
In June 2023, League1 Canada publicly announced that planning for a League1 Prairies was underway. The proposed league would include clubs from Manitoba and Saskatchewan and was planned to launch for the 2025 season. In November 2025, the Saskatchewan Soccer Association announced plans to run a League1 Prairies exhibition series in 2026 which will lead to launching a full league in 2028.
On January 27, 2026, the league was officially announced as the Prairies Premier League. The announcement coincided with a rebranding of Premier Soccer Leagues Canada (formerly League1 Canada) and its other member leagues. The PPL debuted on May 10, 2026, with seven clubs across three provinces, with six teams in each of the men's and women's divisions.
Clubs The league has five clubs fielding both men's and women's teams in the 2026 season, along with one standalone men's team and one standalone women's team. The league consists of three clubs from Saskatchewan, three from Manitoba, and one from Northwestern Ontario. In the 2026 season, six teams are competing in each of the men's and women's divisions.
Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Debut Male Female Bonivital Flames Winnipeg, MB St. Vital Memorial Park 1979 2026 Yes Yes FC Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex 2,000 2010 2026 Yes Yes Forza Soccer Academy Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon Minor Football Field 5,000 1921 2026 Yes No Queen City United SC Regina, SK Leibel Field 1,200 1987 2026 Yes Yes Saskatchewan EXCEL Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon Minor Football Field 5,000 2026 2026 Yes Yes Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay, ON Chapples Park 2,000 2000 2026 Yes Yes Winnipeg Lucania FC Winnipeg, MB Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex 2,000 1971 2026 No Yes
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