{"id":482509,"date":"2026-02-18T07:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482509\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:26:15","slug":"surrey-submits-proposal-to-canada-soccer-for-national-training-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482509\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey submits proposal to Canada Soccer for national training centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voiceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg?fit=579%2C829&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"Brenda Locke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"829\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"PAGE 1 BRENDA LOCKE\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg\"\/><\/a>Brenda Locke            <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE City of Surrey has submitted an official response to Canada Soccer\u2019s request to explore potential locations for a national training centre, which will be one of the cornerstone legacy projects associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada Soccer is seeking preliminary expressions of interest from partners across the country to help shape the long\u2011term vision for a permanent home for high\u2011performance soccer in Canada. The training centre would support national teams, athlete development, coach and referee education, sports science, and community programming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSurrey is a natural fit for this kind of world-class facility,\u201d said Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke on Tuesday. \u201cWe have one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the country, strong soccer programs, transportation links and a commitment to sport development. We look forward to sharing these strengths with Canada Soccer to show what our city can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surrey\u2019s submission highlights several advantages, including access to large potential sites, a central regional location, major transportation corridors, and one of the most active and diverse soccer communities in Canada. The City\u2019s response also emphasizes alignment with Surrey\u2019s 2024 Economic Strategy and 2025 Sport Tourism Strategy, both of which prioritize innovation, talent development, and positioning Surrey as a leading sport tourism destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada Soccer will use submissions to further evaluate potential locations and partners as planning continues. This submission is an early step to identifying potential locations and showcasing Surrey\u2019s advantages and is not a call for formal proposals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find more details in the Corporate Report: Canada Soccer for National Training Centre \u2013 proposal submission:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/corporate-reports\/CR_2026-R023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/corporate-reports\/CR_2026-R023.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1771452363059000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38TpxOKPEFlOoDSBekde1i\">CR_2026-R023.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brenda Locke THE City of Surrey has submitted an official response to Canada Soccer\u2019s request to explore potential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[879,49,48,7941,194869,43,194870,82,87674,194871],"class_list":{"0":"post-482509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-canada-soccer","12":"tag-city-of-surrey","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-soccer-national-training-centre","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-surrey","17":"tag-surrey-mayor-brenda-locke"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}