Québec teams qualify for the inaugural PDP Championship

On the road to Canada Soccer’s inaugural Player-Development Program Championship in August, eight Québec teams have qualified for their respective divisions in the PDP U-17 Cup and PDP U-15 Cup. The eight teams qualified after ranking either first or second at the mid-season point in the 2024 PLSJQ standings (Québec Youth Soccer Premier League).

In all, 48 teams are participating in the four divisions of the PLSJQ for U-17 boys and girls as well as U-15 boys and girls. The first half of the 2024 PLSJQ season ran from 21 April to 14 July, from which first- and second-place teams in each division qualified for the Canada Soccer’s Player-Development Program Championship. Schedules and qualified teams for all of Canada Soccer’s 2024 national amateur competitions have been published at canadasoccer.com/competitions.

For the PDP U-17 Cup, CS Saint-Laurent (first place) and AS Laval qualified in the boys’ division while AS Laval (first place) and Celtix Haut-Richelieu qualified in the girls’ division.

For the PDP U-15 Cup, AS Laval (first place) and AS Blainville qualified in the boys’ division while Spatial CS St-Hubert (first place) and AS Laval qualified in the girls’ division.

Canada Soccer’s Player-Development Program features a network of standards-based programs that represent high-level amateur youth soccer in Canada. Participating organisations, both clubs and academies, all meet the requirements for standards-based programming including recognition as an active National Youth Club Licensee.

The new Canada Soccer Player-Development Program Championship strengthens that connection between standards-based programs and showcases their quality of play. Inaugurated in 2024, the competition features clubs from the BC Soccer Premier League, the Alberta Youth Soccer League, the Ontario Player-Development League, and the Québec Youth Soccer Premier League (Première Ligue de Soccer Juvénile du Québec).